Cpu performance

[peter_langley_]

Is there any benefit between having less core and higher ghz vs more cores and less ghz?

[Godlygamer23]

Moved to CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory.

[Oshino Shinobu]

It depends. If we're talking two CPUs with identical IPC, then single threaded applications will benefit from having higher clock speeds. However, multi-threaded applications will benefit from having more cores, even if the individual cores are slower. 

 

If the CPUs are different in terms of IPC, then things can get a bit more complicated, as a CPU with fewer cores may do better than one with more, even in multi-threaded applications depending on the specific CPUs. 

[stealth80]

depends on the use of the CPU

 

For gaming Quad is about the best, but were now moving into Quad + hyper threading benefits

 

6/8 cores with or with hyperthreading are generally better for intensive tasks like vid/photo editing

[Badazzz]

depends on the use of the CPU

 

For gaming Quad is about the best, but were now moving into Quad + hyper threading benefits

 

6/8 cores with or with hyperthreading are generally better for intensive tasks like vid/photo editing

 

Agreed. It's all dependent on the application. To add to that, more cores/threads will be almost insignificant in gaming, while they play a big role in rendering, compression/decompression of archives and much more.

 

If you want great game performance, go with a good CPU and a better GPU.

[The_Stig]

Don forget about IPC too. IPC is the reason that even though AMD has more cores/ghz, intel crushes in gaming.

[Crazie_Flash]

It really depends, in fact somtimes, cpus can have more cores and higher frequency, but still less performance.

Intel core i7 4790K 4 Core 4.0 Ghz vs. AMD FX 8 Core 4.7 Ghz

The Intel core is still much faster