UPDATE: Core i7: Blazing Fast, O/C Changes

Analysis--Hyper-Threading Yields 6% Speed-Up

Analysis: Hyper-Threading

Intel’s decision to reintroduce Hyper-Threading in the Core i7 was a good one. Today’s applications can often take advantage of more than four CPU cores, and thus utilize the CPU much better via HT technology. Video encoding sees gains of up to 23%, while 3D rendering gets a boost of as much as 10%.