[Solved] Which is better at multi-tasking? i3 or phenom 4 core?

Is an i3 or a phenom 4 core processer better at multi-tasking? The i3 has hyper threading also known as hyper transfer.

Thanks in advance.

Four REAL cores are always better than two and two hyper-threaded in terms of multi-tasking. ALWAYS. Not necessarily in games or certain applications, but if you're going to be running several things at once, go with the Phenom II/Athlon II X4s.

And, FYI - Hyper-Threading and Hyper-Transfer aren't the same thing. In fact, I've never even heard Hyper-Transfer used except when referring to HTTP.

Hyperthreading should be transparent to the OS and programs - anything that can take advantage of a quad can also take advantage of a hyperthreaded dual. That having been said, the quad is a better choice unless the dual has a significant clockspeed advantage. In other words, I'd take a 3.2 GHz core i3 over a 1.8 GHz Phenom, but if the clock speeds were even remotely close, I'd get the Phenom every time.

Oh, and hyper transfer is not hyper threading. AMD has hyper transport, but that's different too.

Yep as said, a true quad is better.

or you can look at an i5??

I meant to say, Thank you all for replying.

Theoretically a poorly optimized multi-threaded application, which takes less time and effort to write, will benefit the most with hyperthreading.

Other than the work needed to add the multi-threading nothing else is needed to support hyperthreading. (No specific CPU instructions.)

OTOH: well optimized multi-threaded applications will not benefit very much from hyperthreading but would definitely benefit from having more real cores; in fact having virtual cores can be detrimental to well optimized applications.