Tom Baldwin wrote:
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They claim that MCC (multipe core capability), which the system has,
is better than hyperthreading.

My experience is that I can get 20+ SETI WUs a day with SetiDriver set
to 2 processes. If I set SetiDriver to 4 processes I get about 18 a
day.

Should I expect to get more than 20+ a day with hyperthreading?

The order for greatest WU throughput (all else being equal) should be:

least with a single core;
single core with HT (2 virtual CPUs);
dual core (2 physical CPUs on the one die);

and a dual core with HT (4 virtual CPUs total) should give the highest throughput.


(Note that the AMD designs and dual cores are different again. The AMD chips are already optimally utilised without the need for the "Intel HT".)


Look carefully at what is claimed. The Intel dual cores look to be a good confusion made unintelligible by the marketing...

Good luck,
Martin