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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fallenzeraphine" data-source="post: 1423284" data-attributes="member: 76400"><p>Except for the quoted part Nishan is correct...Processors with multiple cores on the same Package or on the same die are actually faster than the normal SMP systems withe multiple Processors, because of the Interconnects on multi core processors (interconnects links one core to the other making them work simultaniousely) are working at processor speed (on true Quad or Dual core processors) or very close to processor speed(on older intel pentium D processors and Core 2 quad processors), and also the Physical distance between each processor core is extremely small and this is one of the major reasons multi core processors are faster (when the physical distance increase the Resistance and magnetic intefearance increase thus reducing the speed)....shared cache has its benefits and drawbacks...for instance shared cache allows each processor core to address recently accessed data more quickly than separate cache models (Intel Core 2 use the shared cache method and AMD Athlon X2 used separate cache and AMD Phenom use separate L2 Cache and a Shared L3 cahce) all in all a dual core (or quad) CPU is faster than a system with two Processors (or four).</p></blockquote><p></p>

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