Comparison of Intel Single-Core and Intel Dual-Core Processor Performance

Computer System Performance and Evaluation deal with investigation of computer components (both hardware and software) with a view of establishing the level of their performances. This research work, carry out performance evaluation studies on Intel single-core and dual-core process to know which of the processor have better execution time and throughput. The architecture of Intel single-core and Intel duo-core processor were studied. Dual-core processors deliver better performance-to-cost ratios relative to their single-core predecessors through on-chip multi-threading. However, they present challenges in developing high performance multi-threaded code. SPEC CPU2006 benchmarks suite was used to measure the performance of the processors. The overall execution time and throughput measurement of Intel single and dual core processors was reported and compared to each other. The research results showed that the execution time of CQ56 Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor is about 3.42% faster than Intel Celeron Single Core Processor while the throughput of Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor was found to be 1.03 times higher than Intel Celeron Single Core Processor.