Noob here. Cpu question

[Milhobs]

Ii was wondering. When you look up CPU's spec, it says "i9 990k, Intel 8 core, 16 threads, base core of 3.6ghz Max 5.0ghz... blah blah blah. 

Does that mean each core is 3.6ghz or all cores add up to 3.6ghz

[adarw]

each core is 3.6ghz. dont just look at the ghz to see how good it is, it doesnt work like that.

[helfisk]

1 minute ago, Milhobs said:

Ii was wondering. When you look up CPU's spec, it says "i9 990k, Intel 8 core, 16 threads, base core of 3.6ghz Max 5.0ghz... blah blah blah. 

Does that mean each core is 3.6ghz or all cores add up to 3.6ghz

Each core is capable of sustaining 3.6ghz minimum

[BIPUStheTHIRD]

Each core.  Also, don't just assume a cpu is good because of the ghz.

[Milhobs]

2 hours ago, adarw said:

each core is 3.6ghz. dont just look at the ghz to see how good it is, it doesnt work like that.

So 8 cores at 3.6ghz is 28.8ghz

[Milhobs]

Just now, Milhobs said:

So 8 cores at 3.6ghz is 28.8ghz

As everyone says more cores is better

 

[aramini]

1 hour ago, Milhobs said:

So 8 cores at 3.6ghz is 28.8ghz

No, they are running in parallel, each core at 3.6ghz. And often times, especially for single core applications  (one's that don't take advantage of multiple cores), most of the cores will be running idle with no work to do.

 

For applications that can take advantage of multiple cores/threads, it has to do with how the tasks are split up amongst the cores, which is where the performance increase comes from...to put it in very simplified terms.

[adarw]

Just now, Milhobs said:

So 8 cores at 3.6ghz is 28.8ghz

thats not how it works.