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What's faster: a MBP with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel i7?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1581604" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I would also say that comparing a 2-core cpu to a 4-core cpu is not as easy as it looks. Not all apps will take advantage of all 4 cores. A better comparison is 1-core vs. 1-core.</p><p></p><p>Of course cpu speed does play a factor (3.06ghz vs. 2.3ghz)</p><p></p><p>And like Raz0rEdge mentioned...the newer i7 cpu vs. a core 2 duo cpu will be faster.</p><p></p><p>I like to look at things on a single core basis:</p><p></p><p>- Your 2009 MBP (core 2 duo 3.06ghz) has a single core Geekbench 3 score (64 bit) of = 1792 </p><p>- A 2012 MBP with a quad-core i7 cpu at 2.3ghz has a single core Geekbench 3 score (64 bit) of = 2986</p><p></p><p>As you can see...the single core score of a 3.06ghz core 2 duo cpu is much lower than the single core score of a 2.3ghz i7 cpu.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1581604, member: 56379"] I would also say that comparing a 2-core cpu to a 4-core cpu is not as easy as it looks. Not all apps will take advantage of all 4 cores. A better comparison is 1-core vs. 1-core. Of course cpu speed does play a factor (3.06ghz vs. 2.3ghz) And like Raz0rEdge mentioned...the newer i7 cpu vs. a core 2 duo cpu will be faster. I like to look at things on a single core basis: - Your 2009 MBP (core 2 duo 3.06ghz) has a single core Geekbench 3 score (64 bit) of = 1792 - A 2012 MBP with a quad-core i7 cpu at 2.3ghz has a single core Geekbench 3 score (64 bit) of = 2986 As you can see...the single core score of a 3.06ghz core 2 duo cpu is much lower than the single core score of a 2.3ghz i7 cpu. - Nick [/QUOTE]
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