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    How Fast is the Core Duo

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kujustin, Apr 9, 2006.

  1. kujustin

    kujustin Notebook Geek

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    I just bought an e1505 and am eagerly awaiting the arrival.

    It has Core Duo 2300 (1.66 GHz).

    Can anyone tell me what kind of single core processor this is equivalent to or is the comparison not that simple?

    Thanks!
     
    kujustin, Apr 9, 2006
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  2. mach_zero

    mach_zero Casual Observer NBR Reviewer

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    Benches I've seen in Super Pi in recent reviews appear put it just above the Pentium M 1.83GHz and just below the Core Duo 1.83GHz. if that gives you any frame of reference.
     
    mach_zero, Apr 9, 2006
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    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    Um, how long is a piece of string?

    Based on the benchmarks I've been seeing, the T2300 (1.66) is around 5-10% faster than a similarly clocked PM, for single threaded applications.

    For multi-threaded apps the performance boost is more like 70%.

    In either case, the machine will feel a lot faster than a similarly clocked PM because you will usually have one core ready to go regardless of background tasks.
     
    TedJ, Apr 9, 2006
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    titaniummd Notebook Deity

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    titaniummd, Apr 9, 2006
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    slightly faster than pen D 840, slightly slower than Athlon X2 3800 in multi-threaded app.
     
    dudesdudets, Apr 10, 2006
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    David86 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just above? Pentium M dont have any chance at all in SuperPi...

    My Core Duo (T2300 1.66 GHz) = 1 min 22 sec
    Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz = 1 min 16 sec

    Pentium M 2 GHz = 1 min 35 sec
    Pentium M 1.86 GHz = 1 min 46 sec

    (Times taken from the thread "measure your notebook cpu speed")
     
    David86, Apr 11, 2006
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    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    Are you sure about that? Can you send the link to some benchmarks for that?

    I knew the Core Duo was good, but how the Core Duo 1.66Ghz with a FSB of 667MHz can beat the Pentium D running at 3.2Ghz with a FSB of 800Mhz?

    To me that doesnt seem right, but i seriously hope im proved wrong on this one!
     
    _radditz_, Apr 11, 2006
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  8. CalebSchmerge

    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

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    The processors are more efficient, Intel has been trying to get away from people just oogling over their clock speed, thats why they use the Core Deuo T2300 instead.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Apr 11, 2006
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    Elminst Some Network Guy

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    Clock speed hasn't been an accurate measure of processing power since way back when AMD released the XP+ chips.
    Faster does not always mean better.
     
    Elminst, Apr 11, 2006
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  10. dudesdudets

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    There is no link cause it was a real life performance test I've done with my new E1505 and my friend's self-built desktop with D840 2GB Ram. If this sounds wrong to you I suggest you do a research on Pen m(laptop) and Pen 4(desktop).(Look for websites that does a comparison between these two processors)
     
    dudesdudets, Apr 11, 2006
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