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Hi guys,

Perhaps this sounds stupid to you but I really have no clue. Situation:

1. if I have a single core processor and I start 2 programs at the same time, the total time it takes for this 2 programs to completely startup is definitely slower than a dual core processor?

2. is it faster to startup a program with a dual core processor than a single core processor?

3. if I have a program that spawn out 100 threads, a dual core processor will finish executing all 100 threads than a single core processor?

Note: assuming that the single and dual core has the same speed like 3Ghz.

Appreciate any advice please. Thanks !

Cheers,
Mark

1. Depends. Is the single core faster than the dual core?
2. Depends. See # 1.
3. Usually. See # 1.

I'll give you an example. I have several computers up and running around my house. One computer is a 2.1Ghz Phenom X3. The other is a Core2Duo E6750 clocked at 3.75Ghz. Unless I'm running pure synthetic benchmarks the E6750 dual core will run circles around the triple core Phenom.

I'm assuming that the single and dual core has the same speed like 3Ghz.

In that case...
1. Unlikely, this is more hard drive related than CPU.
2. Probably about the same. Like said before it's more of a hard drive scenario.
3. Yes.

*EDIT*
Here's a quick example of 1 core versus multiple (3 in this case).