Wats the difference between pentium D and core 2 duo?

[cmeyvin]

I got two pc, one got Intel Pentium D @3.0Ghz and the other one got Intel Core 2 duo e8600 @ 3.33Ghz
Is a q6600 quad better than the Pentium D?

[IM back!]

the q6600 is much faster than the Pentium D @3.0Ghz look here http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2008/3DMark06-CPU,370.html

[jlreich]

The only comparison I can think of would be the PD is two soup cans connected by a string like little kids do, and a Core2 is like a 10Gb fiber connection. :p

[cmeyvin]

Ok but on that link it doesn't show me how gud the e8600 is???? It's stop till e8500. Wats better e8600 or q6600

[mjc]

There are loads of technical details involved...

Core2Duos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core2Duo) have a smaller die size (meaning that the physical distance between the transistors that make up the CPU is smaller), larger cache, require less power...they can do more with 'less' than a similarly spec'd Pentium D (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_d).

Also Pentium Ds are 'old' tech...and are officially 'dead'...Intel shipped the last of them last month.

Also, when looking at comparing them you can't get away with not looking at the underlying technology...Netburst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBurst) versus Core (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_microarchitecture).

*The wikipedia articles just barely get their feet wet...