A Single Core Better Than A Dual Core! Grrr

Hi im the topic starter I have a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ 2.11 GHz but my brother has an AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3400+ 2.2 GHz. Why is my brothers single better then my dual core? its confuses me i felt really stupid asking that

Who says it's "better"?

Who can do more work? Two 180lb workers or one 200lb worker?

Keep in mine with your system, one core can be working on Windows stuff and the other core can be working on another program. With your brother's, the single core CPU must juggle both.

So even though his CPU may have a slightly faster clock rate, your CPU is definitely "better" - but, if you run programs that do not support multiple CPUs, you will not see much of an advantage - all else being equal (RAM, graphics, etc.). Fortunately, Windows does support multiple CPU cores so that alone boosts performance for OS tasks.

Bottom line, you got your brother beat.

i felt really stupid asking that

The stupid question is the one not asked.

Cool Thanks. i also have 512 MB DDR2 x2 of RAM and my brothers got a 512 DDR but hes got a NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and if got a ATI Radeon X700 series.

Well, you have twice the RAM and, according to HardwareZone, the X700 pulls ahead in most tests too. So it looks like you have bragging rights - if that is important.

Yes! bragging rights. i like them especially when its against my step brother, Shanks.