65w X2 3.0GHz Regor 250 vs. 45w X4 2.3GHz Propus 605e ??

expatCanuck · Post by **expatCanuck** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:26 am

Hello again -

I truly don't understand cores vs. speed, & the influence that cache can/does have.

Let's ignore the $100 price difference.

Is one likely to be faster than the other for
i) sound recording
ii) photo processing?

Is it (almost) entirely program dependent?

Insight most welcome.

- Richard
oldWithoutMoney.com

Post by **CA_Steve** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:35 pm

It's almost entirely application dependant. Some programs make use of more than 2 cores, some don't. The newer the program, the more likely it'll make use of more cores.

You can usually find out on the product's support faq.

oso · Post by **oso** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:09 pm

Maybe these benchmarks can give you a better idea of relative performance.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009 ... ks,60.html

Looks like the 605e is quite a bit faster in Photoshop.