Single Core, Dual Core, Multi-Core Processors: What's the Difference?

Hi there, this is Ranjit from Tech Tos.com and in this video I'm going to talk about single core dual core and multicore processors. I've got a few mails from couple of users regarding the differences between us dual core processor multicore processor and the eight core processor.

Okay, so basically let's think of a single core processor as one hand I have one hand that's a single core now if uh my processor was a dual core I'll have two hands similarly if I have a quad core processor I'll be having Four Hands and so forth.

So what happens is that now that I have more hands I'll be able to do much more task faster. You are actually right but it's not entirely true and I'll give you an example for that let's say this is our task for our processor let's say I have one hammer and I have to drive one nail in the wall now this task is ideal for just one processor that's one hand if let's say all of my four hands go and start hitting that hammer it's not going to make sense.

So basically, this task was ideal for just one processor. Now let's say we have this another task we have to divide these two 200 boxes now this task can easily be divided among all these four processors and it be way faster.

What I'm trying to explain is that basically the efficiency of a dual core or a quad core processor differs from task to task. Generally, uh basically it is ideal to have at least a dual core processor because all the modern OS like Windows Linux and even Mac OS can take advantage of dual core and multi-core processors.

Again, basically for a gener user who doesn't basically deal with very specialized applications or heavy applications like video editing Etc., dual cord processor is more than enough. I'll give you an example why dual cord is better than a single code processor let's say you're working on this word document and you're having a dual cord processor in your system what will happen.

Let's say you're writing this document and in the background the antivirus scan has to be started if you're having a dual core process what will happen is that one core will be assigned to whatever task you're doing that's writing a Word document and the second uh core can be used to do the antivirus scan in the background thus it will not hamper your performance.

So, by moving to quad core basically it depends upon the application because not every application can take advantage of all the four codes but it is not bad to have a four code processor. What will happen is like the worst thing that will happen is that your whatever software or whatever which is not optimized for a quad core or whatever uh only the two cores or one core will be working and the other two cores will be staying idle.

So, it is not mandatory to just go for a quad core or a higher core processor. So, if you're doing a simple task or dual core processor is more than enough. But if you're doing something like heavy applications like photoshopping or video editing or even playing games then a quad core processor will be helpful.

For example, some of the latest games can utilize all the four cores of the processor. Let's say we have a quad core processor and we are running this latest game what can happen is this is just a hypothetical one core can be assigned for the artificial intelligence of the game second core be assigned can be easily assigned for basically physics of the game and the other two cores can run the main game engine.

So, basically if you are a heavy gamer and you are trying to build a new system you can go for the quad C system. Even a six core or eight core processor is ideal for people who are heavily into media production like sound editing or basically video editing here again you have to check with your application if your application can take advantage of of all these eight cores.

So, this is the basic difference between a single core dual core and a multicore processor. I hope this video made sense. That's it for now this is Ranjit for Tech Tos.com and hopefully I'm going to see you in my next video.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is Ranjit from Tech tos.com and in this video I'm going to talk about single core dual core and multicore processors I've got a few mails from couple of users regarding the differences between us dual core processor multicore processor and the eight core processor such uh and they were asking is it ideal to go for a quad core or eight core processor rather than the single core or a dual core processor to understand this concept let me explain you U what is basic basically uh single core dual core multi or whatever quad core eight core processor or something like that basically let's think a single code processor as one hand I have one hand that's a single code now if uh my processor was a dual core I'll have two hands similarly if I have a quad core processor I'll be having Four Hands and so forth and so your general conclusion is that now that I have more hands I'll be able to do much more task faster you are uh actually right but it's not entirely true and I'll give you an example for that let's say this is our task for our processor let's say I have one hammer and I have to drive one nail in the wall now this task is ideal for just one processor that's one hand if let's say all of my four hands go and start hitting that hammer it's not going to make sense so basically uh this task was ideal for just one processor now let's say we have this another task we have to divide these two 200 boxes now this task can easily be divided among all these four processor and it be way faster what I'm trying to explain is that basically uh the efficiency of a dual core or a quad core processor differs from task to task uh generally uh basically it is ideal to have at least a dual core processor because all the modern OS like Windows Linux and even Mac OS can take advantage of dual core and multi-core processors again basically uh for a gener user who doesn't basically deal with very specialized applications or heavy applications like video editing Etc uh dual cord processor is more than enough I'll give you an example why dual cord is better than a single code processor let's say you're working on this word document and you're having a dual cord processor in your system what will happen let's say you're writing this document and in the background the antivirus scan has to be started if you're having a dual core process what will happen is that one core will be assigned to whatever task you're doing that's writing a Word document and the second uh core can be used to do the antivirus scan in the background thus it will not hamper your performance uh again uh by moving to quad core basically it depends upon the application because not every application can take advantage of all the four codes but it is not bad to have a four code processor because what will happen is like the worst thing that will happen is that your whatever software or whatever which is not optimized for a quad core or whatever uh only the two cores or one core will be working and the other two cores will be staying idle so uh it is not mandatory to just go for a quad core or a higher core processor so if you're doing a simple task or dual core processor is more than enough but if you're doing something like heavy applications like photoshopping or video editing or even playing games uh then a quad core processor will be helpful for example some of the latest games uh can utilize all the four cores of the processor let me give you an example let's say we have a quad core processor and we are running this latest game what can happen is this is just a hypothetical One Core can be assigned for the artificial intelligence of the game second core be assigned can be easily assigned for basically physics of the game and the other two cores can run the main game engine so basically uh if you are a heavy gamer and you are trying to build a new system basically you can go for the quad C system again uh basically even a six core or eight core processor is ideal for people people who are heavily into media production like sound editing or basically video editing here again you have to check with your application uh if your application can take advantage of of all these eight cores so so this is the basic difference between a single core dual core and a multicore processor I hope this video made sense uh that's it for now this is ranit for Tech tbs.com and hopefully I'm going to see you in my next videohi there this is Ranjit from Tech tos.com and in this video I'm going to talk about single core dual core and multicore processors I've got a few mails from couple of users regarding the differences between us dual core processor multicore processor and the eight core processor such uh and they were asking is it ideal to go for a quad core or eight core processor rather than the single core or a dual core processor to understand this concept let me explain you U what is basic basically uh single core dual core multi or whatever quad core eight core processor or something like that basically let's think a single code processor as one hand I have one hand that's a single code now if uh my processor was a dual core I'll have two hands similarly if I have a quad core processor I'll be having Four Hands and so forth and so your general conclusion is that now that I have more hands I'll be able to do much more task faster you are uh actually right but it's not entirely true and I'll give you an example for that let's say this is our task for our processor let's say I have one hammer and I have to drive one nail in the wall now this task is ideal for just one processor that's one hand if let's say all of my four hands go and start hitting that hammer it's not going to make sense so basically uh this task was ideal for just one processor now let's say we have this another task we have to divide these two 200 boxes now this task can easily be divided among all these four processor and it be way faster what I'm trying to explain is that basically uh the efficiency of a dual core or a quad core processor differs from task to task uh generally uh basically it is ideal to have at least a dual core processor because all the modern OS like Windows Linux and even Mac OS can take advantage of dual core and multi-core processors again basically uh for a gener user who doesn't basically deal with very specialized applications or heavy applications like video editing Etc uh dual cord processor is more than enough I'll give you an example why dual cord is better than a single code processor let's say you're working on this word document and you're having a dual cord processor in your system what will happen let's say you're writing this document and in the background the antivirus scan has to be started if you're having a dual core process what will happen is that one core will be assigned to whatever task you're doing that's writing a Word document and the second uh core can be used to do the antivirus scan in the background thus it will not hamper your performance uh again uh by moving to quad core basically it depends upon the application because not every application can take advantage of all the four codes but it is not bad to have a four code processor because what will happen is like the worst thing that will happen is that your whatever software or whatever which is not optimized for a quad core or whatever uh only the two cores or one core will be working and the other two cores will be staying idle so uh it is not mandatory to just go for a quad core or a higher core processor so if you're doing a simple task or dual core processor is more than enough but if you're doing something like heavy applications like photoshopping or video editing or even playing games uh then a quad core processor will be helpful for example some of the latest games uh can utilize all the four cores of the processor let me give you an example let's say we have a quad core processor and we are running this latest game what can happen is this is just a hypothetical One Core can be assigned for the artificial intelligence of the game second core be assigned can be easily assigned for basically physics of the game and the other two cores can run the main game engine so basically uh if you are a heavy gamer and you are trying to build a new system basically you can go for the quad C system again uh basically even a six core or eight core processor is ideal for people people who are heavily into media production like sound editing or basically video editing here again you have to check with your application uh if your application can take advantage of of all these eight cores so so this is the basic difference between a single core dual core and a multicore processor I hope this video made sense uh that's it for now this is ranit for Tech tbs.com and hopefully I'm going to see you in my next video\n"