Differences between Pentium D and Core 2 Duo

[Que]

Hi

What is the major difference between

Intel® Core™2 Duo Desktop Processor and Intel® Pentium® D processor

Regards
Que

 

[Paul]

Hi

What is the major difference between

Intel® Core™2 Duo Desktop Processor and Intel® Pentium® D processor

Regards
Que

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_2_duo

"Intel has claimed that Conroe provides 40% more performance
at 40% less power compared to the Pentium D."

Core 2 Duo does more with one clock cycle, than Pentium D.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2duo-e6300_12.html

There is an architecture article here.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2748&p=1

HTH,
Paul