# Dual Core VS Quad Core

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core-vs-quad-core/237498>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 30, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core-vs-quad-core/237498 "2007-08-30T20:09:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core-vs-quad-core/237498/1 "2007-08-30T20:09:51Z")

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Why is the quad core only $50 more expensive than the dual core at the same frequency? I thought that the quad core should be double as fast when doing parallel processing, so the price increase should be much more than $50.