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Department of Electrical Engineering

Edited by: Shafqat Hussain Sabaaq Electrical Engineering, 3rd year

Subject: Microprocessor

Topics: Differences between (i). Dual core and core-2-due (ii). Core i-3 and Core i-7

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Differences between

(i) Dual core and core-2-due (ii) Core i-3 and core i-7

(i) Dual core and core-2-due S.No 1 Dual core

Dual core processors are those that contain 2 cores in a single silicon chip.

Core-2-due
Core 2 Duo is the name which is given by Intel to its second batch of dual core processors.

It is not the subset of the core 2 due.

Core 2 Duo is a subset of all the dual core processors.

All dual core processors are not Core 2 Duo.

All Core 2 Duo processors are dual core.

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If dual core =2 time fast. It has lower speed L3 cache and lower hyper threading technology.

Then core 2due=4 time fast. It is available in high FSB speeds L3 cache. and the great hyper threading technology.

It has two processors in series both working at same time.

It has two parallel processors which sharing their load. if one processor heat up then it transfer load to next processor. Means parallel processing. It is expensive MP.

It is cheap MP.

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(ii) Core i-3 and core i-7 S.No 1 Core i-3

It is entry level processor. High end processor. Turbo Mode (turn off core if not used)

Core i-7

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2-4 Cores 4 Threads

4 Cores 8 Threads

Lower Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources) technology. 3-4 MB Cache 32 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)

Higher Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources) technology with extra features. 4-8 MB Cache 32-45 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)

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It uses double channel memory. It is cheap MP. It is dual core. Max. Clock speed up to 2.26GHz.

It uses triple channel memory. It is expensive MP. It is quad core. Max. Clock speed up to 2.66GHz.

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