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