Parallel Processing, Part 1: CPU Cores

[randomizer]

Why are there only single application benchmarks? The article is focused on multi core systems, is it not?
Who buys a quad core and run one application at a time?

I would.

 

[blackfoot1969]

with all this virtualization trend, what I would like to see is a setup up with some, lets say 4, virtual machines, and benchmarks running inside them.

 

[abominator]

Only three games were tested and two of them use the same game engine.

exactly, and these games don't use more than 2 cores. There are some games using quad core cpu which could be tested: World in Conflict, Lost Planet, Supreme Commander, Stranglehold (task manager shows 60-70% use of my q6600)

 

[troth]

Maybe I missed it, but I'd be curious to see how a configuration of 2 dual core proecessors (2x2) would perform along side a single quad core processor (1x4). Anyone know the answer or have any insight to this?

 

[DrGonzo94]

I'm about to buy one of these, and there's a few things I need to get sorted out.

Isn't the brand name of the processor line "Intel Core 2", and "Solo", "Duo" and "Quad" the references to the number of cores?

In the acticle the processors are referenced to as if "Intel Core 2 Duo" was the brand name.

Also, if the "Test Setup" declaration on page four is correct, there are two Core 2 Duo processors in the test (the E4400 and the X6800), one Core 2 Quad (the QX6700), and NO Core 2 Solo processors. Or am I misinformed?

 

[yomamafor1]

There is no Core 2 Solo processor, only Core Solo, which is based on Pentium M.

Technically speaking, you use "Core 2" to represent all Core uarch processors, that include Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, and Core 2 Extreme.

 

[DrGonzo94]

U2100 and U2200 are Core 2 Solo processors, no? And the terminology in the test is incorrect, right?

 

[yomamafor1]

Ooops my bad. I stand corrected.

What test?

 

[DrGonzo94]

The test we're discussing.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/08/parallel_processing/index.html