Now you might be thinking a quad core CPU will kick the snot out of a dual core CPU due to the fact that it has twice the power. Charlie White over at DigitalVideoEditing.com has decided to put that theory to the test as he benchmarked two HP workstations. One of these cutting edge computers was running dual Dual-Core 5160 Xenons and the other was sporting dual Quad-Core 5300 Xenons. Essentially it was 8 cores vs. 4in this battle of the brute. And if you were rooting for the quad core, well you would be right as the dual core didn't have a chance even with a slight Ghz edge of 3Ghz over 2.66Ghz for the quad. For the full details check out the table in the article. But in After Effects tests the two were neck and neck since After Effects is not even aware of those extras cores sitting idle in the background. A duel of cores: Dual Core vs Quad Core
Now you might be thinking a quad core CPU will kick the snot out of a dual core CPU due to the fact that it has twice the power. Charlie White over at DigitalVideoEditing.com has decided to put that theory to the test as he benchmarked two HP workstations. One of these cutting edge computers was running dual Dual-Core 5160 Xenons and the other was sporting dual Quad-Core 5300 Xenons. Essentially it was 8 cores vs. 4in this battle of the brute. And if you were rooting for the quad core, well you would be right as the dual core didn't have a chance even with a slight Ghz edge of 3Ghz over 2.66Ghz for the quad. For the full details check out the table in the article. But in After Effects tests the two were neck and neck since After Effects is not even aware of those extras cores sitting idle in the background. 
