Sure, but the quad core is handling the same number of requests and processing them slower than the dual core. On top of that the quad core machine's bus is more than twice as fast (533Mhz vs 1333Mhz) which I assumed may have made up for the slower clock speed.
>More cores doesn't mean "faster" it means more processing ability. > >In your example you compared a faster (3Ghz) Dual Core to a slower (2.53Ghz) >Quad Core. > >In Practical Theory, the Quad Core can handle more requests per second than >the Dual Core, but not twice as many requests... There is a factor >of diminishing returns as you add more cores. > >=] > > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:332729 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
