INTEL Core2Duo higher clock speed versus AMD quadcore PHENOM x4!

So its time to compare 4 core cpu with 2 core CPU since CORE 2 DUO is still higly spoken off!Unfortunately for AMD everyone is comparing their quadcore phenom with 2 core Intel's wolfdale (core2duo).Main aspects which we need to check out are Efficiency,power consumption, stability and individual application performance.Efficiency,stability and power consumption are trademarks of all core2duo processors. So if we want a winner in this segment it is clearly core 2 duo.Even though it runs at higher clock it offers less heat accumulation problems due to the 45nm(penryn) fabrication process.AMD's 65nm phenom x4 is certainly a good buy for around 12k but you need to be 100% sure that the application you are going to use demands 4 cores and you are going to do more simultaneously.Otherwise Intel's higher clocked core2duo can do wonders for you as its rocksolid when running most of the applications and games.WE should always remember Intel doesn't have low cost core2quad except q6600 and also we cannot dissolve the fact that multithreaded softwares are almost unavailable now.So if we are going to purchase quadcore or eigthcores(in short future) think twice about your way of usage and multitasking.

Its also extremely possible for higher clocked amd phenom x4 to beat higher clocked core 2 duo. But that would be extremely costly.If your pocket doesnot weigh heavy go for higher clocked core2duo(e8500 clocked at 3.16 ghz) since investing too much on quadcore intel processors might not prove worth since there may even be 16 core processors in 3 years and at the price tag of 400 USD.