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Question regarding to computer processors?
when you look at the names of individual processors, it usually says the producer (AMD/Intel/whatever), series and the processor frequency.
let's take the dual cores or quad cores into consideration. for example, let's look at one Intel Core2duo E7500, 2.9 Ghz, etc. does the respective frequency represent the total Ghz of that processor's power? or just of one of the cores?
3 Answers
- pdl756Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
It has two cores and each core operates at 2.9GHz. There is no math involved, both cores run at the same speed, 2.9GHz. It's about how many instructions can be processed at that speed. One core can process 1x instructions per clock cycle, two cores can process 2x instructions per clock. Think of it as a road. If you have two roads and one of them has one northbound lane and the other has two northbound lanes and the speed limit is 55 on both roads, which road can handle the most traffic? Even though both roads run at the same speed, the one with more lanes can handle more traffic.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It Represents the amount of GHz used by all the core's in one. But let ib known that AMD/Intel 3.0 GHz aren't the same. Because a 2.9 GHz AMD processor could be as fast as a 3.0 GHz Intel processor, or the complete opposite.
- killerfly1670Lv 41 decade ago
Yes, those numbers will always represent the total frequency of all the cores of the processor.
