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> That being said, a 4ghz Skylake core crushes a 4ghz Core 2 core. Core 2 Duos were slower per clock than Pentium 4s, I think by quite a bit. It was a real se
by bhouston 9y ago
> That being said, a 4ghz Skylake core crushes a 4ghz Core 2 core.
Core 2 Duos were slower per clock than Pentium 4s, I think by quite a bit. It was a real set back for performance when they came out.
- YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 9y agoThat can't obviously be true except for some certainly specific workloads. Core 2 was the breakthrough that left AMD in the dust from which it still hasn't recovered to parity. Even if I can't recall the numbers, I fail to remember how the very energy-intensive (high clocked) Pentium 4 could have been faster per clock. Are you sure you're not thinking of the Pentium 3 to 4 change? After all, Core architecture had more in common with P3, didn't it?