I have been told that the Pentium 4's are faster than the Core Duo's at doing a single task, Is this true?

I want a computer to play Counterstrike source while running steam, I want to be able to go on internet explorer while running itunes. IS IT TRUE that the Pentium 4 with a 3 ghz clock speed would be better processor for me than a core duo with a 2 ghz clock speed???








P.S. IM TALKING ABOUT LAPTOP PROCESSORS,I have been told that the Pentium 4's are faster than the Core Duo's at doing a single task, Is this true?
even on a laptop, having a core 2 chip instead of a p4 will allow you to do all of that at once if you really wanted. (provided you get one with a dedicated video card) Clock speed really isn't all that important anymore. Efficiency is key, the core 2 is more efficient with processes and energy making it the better chip by far.I have been told that the Pentium 4's are faster than the Core Duo's at doing a single task, Is this true?
it will all be about ';multi threading';.





older games and programs doesn't have a string of codes written into them that allows multiple strings to be recognized simultaneously so wheteher you're running p4, pd or c2d, the old programs will only recognize one processor and the clock speed it has.





however, our technology is gearing towards multi threading and users are always multi tasking so newer programs now showcases the speed of multi-processors.
The core Duo would be faster because it will be running 2 threads at a time at 2ghz vs 1 thread at 3. Here's a site that will let you compare various cpus. Pick two cpus to compare them pick the benchmarks that best suit what you will be doing. You will see that the Core 2 duo, even at 1866 stomps the 3GHZ P4:


http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.h鈥?/a>





Althou laptops use different cpus than towers the performance principles would be the same.
The Core Duo with a 2 ghz clock speed is faster. The duo multiplies your processor speed x2, so this means 2 ghz Duo Core processor comes out to be 4 ghz. Enjoy ;)





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Core 2 duo is faster then p4





amd X2 is faster for Games Photos.. under load


Core 2 Duo is faster for desktop stuff. offices internet etc.





P4 is older and expiring
Ok, I think i might have your answer.





I have HP Presario R3000. 3.2 GHz. 512 MB RAM, etc. laptop.


I also have Toshiba Tecra M7. Core2Duo 2.0 GHz @ T7200e. 2 GB RAM.





When i boot, frankly speaking, my old HP is way faster.


But then when i want to work with it (edit Music, Movies and other's) Toshiba is faster.





There are different technological advancements that AMD support that Intel doesn't and vice versa.





The bottom line, If you have budget for Core2Duo or QuadCore then why not get it? It's new and way fast.
Depending on the clock speed of the processors you are comparing, it's not as much that the P4's would be faster as you may not see as much of a difference between the two. The Core Duos are designed for multithreading, or having multiple processes running at once. So, if you're multitasking, then if you have several apps open at once (Steam, ITunes, antivirus, etc), then the Core Duo will definitely outperform the P4 because of the way they are engineered.





However, if you're just using one application or process at a time, you won't derive any benefit from the multithreading of the Core Duo. Another consideration is how the app you are using is programmed. Most mainstream applications today are not designed to be multithreaded, so they would not use the Core Duo's abilities to the fullest, so in that case, yes, the P4 may be faster. However, as we move into the future, and programs become more CPU heavy and intensive, chances are they more than likely will be multithreaded, and they will then take advantage of the Core Duo capabilities, and then the P4 will be left in the dust.





With how affordable Core Duo processors and dual core processors are in general, there's really no reason at all to not get a dual core processor.