On 9/8/2006 7:22 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> Stephen A. Smith wrote:
>> on a separate note, how do the Core Duo chips compare to the 
>> pentiumD? both are dual-core chips, but are the Core Duos able to 
>> crunch numbers
>> faster?  
>
>
> It depends on the application. If it is a multithreading one (uses 
> multiple threads at the same time), then it takes advantage of more 
> than one processors or cores, that are available.
>
> Also individual applications will be shared among the multiple 
> processors or cores.

Core Duo have many enhancements, though onchip GPU may be irrelevant for 
your number crunching.
http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/proc_info_table.pdf might 
help for a quick comparison.

Vinod