If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games faster than my 3.2GHz single-core Pentium 4? Yes, quad-core CPUs are generally much faster than single-core ...

More slower cores is better than fewer faster cores for video encoding, but that's really about it. For most other things, a faster dual core will be better than a slower quad. It wouldn't be an ...

Hey, all. I'm not sure if this should be here or CPUMT. My Q6600 is showing its age when I encode BluRays. It's a perfectly capable machine otherwise, but I'm not happy with the speeds I'm getting.

Tablets with low power dual-core chips have started reaching the market, but some chip makers expect the devices to be further supercharged later this year with quad-core chips which were in the ...

After Steve Jobs announced Apple’s plan to drop the PowerPC processor and put Intel inside future Macs, some performance-hungry pros feared they’d see no major advances in Mac processing speed until ...

In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performance. To do that, we used three Intel Core processors and compared their core scaling performance, ...

[Image: Nvidia] Ah, remember just six months ago, when we were anticipating super fast dual-core mobile processors? Well Nvidia and Qualcomm have been moving along quickly–on Tuesday Nvidia not only ...

Quad-core chips will reach tablets starting in September, but adoption may not be widespread Tablets with low power dual-core chips have just started reaching the market, but some chip makers expect ...