melovewrestling opened this issue on Sep 11, 2013 · 13 posts
svdl posted Wed, 11 September 2013 at 2:51 PM
Don't forget the Intels are hyperthreading, so the 6 core Intel will present 12 cores to the OS, and the 4 core will present itself as 8 core. They aren't "real" cores, it's sort of a second interface to the same core, but it does make a difference.
Check Tom's Hardware Guide on the Internet for speed comparisons. From the 3 CPUs you mention, the AMD is the slowest, but also the most affordable, and it gives a lot of computing power per dollar. The 6 core Intel is about twice as powerful, at a lower power consumption, but also at about 4 times the price of the AMD. The 4 core Intel is in between, both in price and performance
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