Mac mini dual-core vs quad-core

[enroh]

Originally Posted by MrXiro

I'm a little confused. Not sure if I've got this wrong or not.
Does the 2.3Ghz i7 Quad Mini have Turbo Boast and Hyperthreading or is it just a Quad Core with Turbo Boost?

I thought it had Hyperthreading based on the verbiage on the Mac Mini page.



Can anyone clear this up for me?
Thanks!

http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...ver-specs.html

Then to find out how it stands up check out Geekbench andPassmark to see how the CPUs rate in artificial tests but should give you an indication on performance

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

[MrXiro]

Originally Posted by enroh

http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...ver-specs.html

Then to find out how it stands up check out Geekbench andPassmark to see how the CPUs rate in artificial tests but should give you an indication on performance

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

So it does... Sweet! The Mid Level Mac Mini is the only Mac desktop in the line up that offers Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost. I'm not sure about the laptops but this makes the Mid level Mac Mini the best bang for the buck for video encoding/editing!

[KrisLord]

Originally Posted by MrXiro

I'm a little confused. Not sure if I've got this wrong or not.
Does the 2.3Ghz i7 Quad Mini have Turbo Boast and Hyperthreading or is it just a Quad Core with Turbo Boost?

I thought it had Hyperthreading based on the verbiage on the Mac Mini page.



Can anyone clear this up for me?
Thanks!

I've the quad core 2.3Ghz and can confirm that it has hyperthreading too.

Xcode reports 8 processor cores when multithreading is selected in the preferences.

[MrXiro]

Originally Posted by KrisLord

I've the quad core 2.3Ghz and can confirm that it has hyperthreading too.

Xcode reports 8 processor cores when multithreading is selected in the preferences.

Thanks! That is awesome!

[Snowcake]

Originally Posted by MrXiro

Thanks! That is awesome!

Hyperthreading is nothing more than to be able to run 2 threads on on one physical core.

Dual-core = 2 cores = 4 threads
Quad-core =4 cores = 8 threads

Hyperthreading: Performance gains can vary or even be negative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-t...ormance_Claims

[MrXiro]

Originally Posted by Snowcake

Hyperthreading is nothing more than to be able to run 2 threads on on one physical core.

Dual-core = 2 cores = 4 threads
Quad-core =4 cores = 8 threads

Hyperthreading: Performance gains can vary or even be negative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-t...ormance_Claims

I know what Hyperthreading is. It really comes into play when encoding and converting video. This is exactly what I needed it for, even if tiny bit more speed. It's still more speed.