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You have Intel I3 series processor with 2.13 Ghz speed and 2 cores and 4 threads. so it is showing 4 CPU's
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You have Intel I3 series processor with 2.13 Ghz speed and 2 cores and 4 threads. so it is showing 4 CPU's

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Use Task Manager -&gt; Performance to count the number of processors.<br />
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Use Task Manager -> Performance to count the number of processors.
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It is not REALLY a 4-core processor... It is a dual core with Hyper-threading... It can run 4 threads, but still only has 2 cores...<br />
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See:<br />
<a href="http://ark.intel.com/products/47663/Intel-Core-i3-330M-Processor-(3M-Cache-2_13-GHz)" rel="ugc">http://ark.intel.com/products/47663/Intel-Core-i3-330M-Processor-(3M-Cache-2_13-GHz)</a>
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It is not REALLY a 4-core processor... It is a dual core with Hyper-threading... It can run 4 threads, but still only has 2 cores...

See:
http://ark.intel.com/products/47663/Intel-Core-i3-330M-Processor-(3M-Cache-2_13-GHz) [http://ark.intel.com/products/47663/Intel-Core-i3-330M-Processor-(3M-Cache-2_13-GHz)]

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In my opinion, you have the equivalent of 8.5GHz of processing speed.<br />
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If you run a distributed computing app like BOINC<br />
(<a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu" rel="ugc">http://boinc.berkeley.edu</a> ), it should run up to 4 tasks at once.
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In my opinion, you have the equivalent of 8.5GHz of processing speed.

If you run a distributed computing app like BOINC
(http://boinc.berkeley.edu [http://boinc.berkeley.edu] ), it should run up to 4 tasks at once.

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Please have a look at this link which will show you exactly where your processor is Ranking<br />
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<a href="http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3+330M+%40+2.13GHz" rel="ugc">http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3+330M+%40+2.13GHz</a>
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Please have a look at this link which will show you exactly where your processor is Ranking

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3+330M+%40+2.13GHz [http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3+330M+%40+2.13GHz]

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I am confused by my Processor specs.<br />
I have a Gateway NV79 Lap Top. <br />
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Dxdiag shows:<br />
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&nbsp;'Intel(R) Core(TM) I3 CPU &nbsp;M333 @ &nbsp;2.13 GZ &nbsp;(4 CPUS), ~ 2.1 GHz'<br />
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Does this mean I do not have 3 GHZ processing speed or do I have more? <br />
Can someone please break down the meaning of the above for me?<br />
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TIA
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I am confused by my Processor specs.
I have a Gateway NV79 Lap Top. 

Dxdiag shows:

 'Intel(R) Core(TM) I3 CPU  M333 @  2.13 GZ  (4 CPUS), ~ 2.1 GHz'

Does this mean I do not have 3 GHZ processing speed or do I have more? 
Can someone please break down the meaning of the above for me?

TIA

Confused by  Processor specs

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