Better processor these days?

[vijaygopal1216]

Hello,
is Intel - i7-720 QM 1.6 GHz better than core 2 duo 3.0 GHz

 

[obsidian86]

yes it is

 

[loneninja]

Depends what your doing, the C2D will probably perform better in single threaded tasks due to the high clock speed, but in multitasking/multithreaded applications the I7 is the superior processor.