Intel Processor Comparision Query

[PCAssembler]

I was comparing the Core2 Duo E6700 and E6750 at the Intel site and see that the E6700 has a "Multi-Core" mentioned under the "Other Intel Technologies" section while the E6750 has Dual-Core only.
What exactly does this mean and does it make a difference between them?

 

[[H]ocusPocus]

They are both dual core. The only real difference between the two is the FSB.

 

[PCAssembler]

I was wondering if there is something significantly different in their architectures for Intel to have mentioned these 2 separately for each of them.

 

[[H]ocusPocus]

I suspect when the 6700 came out there weren't any quad core cpus available yet, so someone decided calling it "multi-core" was a good choice. The 6750 was introduced after quad cores were available so they realized calling it "multi-core" was too general and thus described it as "dual core".

 

[PCAssembler]

Hmm.... thanks that does make sense.