CONFUSED BETWEEN CORE 2 DUO AND DUAL CORE?

INTEL CORE 2 DUO-

• THE CORE 2 BRAND REFERS TO A RANGE OF INTEL'S CONSUMER 64-BIT x86-64 SINGLE, DUAL, QUAD CORE CPU'S BASED ON INTEL CORE MICRO TECHNOLOGY
• CORE 2 DUO ARE MUCH POPULAR THESE DAYS
• IT HAS A VERY POWERFUL DUAL CORE CHIP
• IT ALSO CONSUMES LESS POWER THAN ANY OTHER CPU
• NO OVERHEATING ISSUES
• IT RUNS COOL AND PERFECT

INTEL PENTIUM DUAL CORE-

• EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR OVERCLOCKERS ON A LOW BUDGET
• IT IS BASED ON THE POPULAR CORE 2 DUO ARCHITECTURE.
• THE NUMBER OF CORES ARE SAME
• BUT THE CPU COMES WITH ONLY 1 MB L2 CACHE INSTEAD OF 2MB OR EVEN 4 MB.
• IN ADDITION, SOME FEATURES, SUCH AS INTEL'S VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY (VT) ARE DISABLED.
• THE RESULT IS A CASTRATED CORE 2 DUO PROCESSOR, USING THE SMALL CACHE SIZE AND LIMITED TO 1.6 TO 2 GHZ CLOCK SPEED AT FSB 800 SYSTEM SPEED

THE FINAL CONCLUSION

OR

• INTEL DUAL CORE PROCESSORS ARE DOWNGRADED VERSION OF CORE 2 DUO
• LESS EXPENSIVE
• BUT STILL ADEQUATE FOR GENERAL MAINSTREAM COMPUTER USE.
• IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE ITS MORE OR LESS EQUAL TO CORE 2 DUOS.
• INTEL LAUNCHED IT WITH VERY LOW COST TO GRAB THE LOWER END MARKET. 

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