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jeffreycao1998

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Does the number of cores make opening more programs at once faster or does the amount of mhz control that? For example if i were to only use a computer for surfing the web and i use a 6 core 3.5mhz cpu or a duo core 3.5mhz cpu will my web surfing have the same browsing speed?
 
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6 cores and 4 cores provide a significant performance boost when Multitasking, that is working with multiple programs at the same time, ie having a spreadsheet, a word document and a dvd playing a movie in a window. There are a few programs that are able to take advantage of multiple cores such as rendering and photoediting.

Games are just starting to use more than 2 cores, should increase in the future, for the forseeable future 6 cores is probably overkill.

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.. In most cases a few hundred MHz will not produce a noted increase in performance for vast majority of apps (are a few exceptions).
.. Intel CPUs have higher performance for a given clock speed, But AMD chips are cheaper an for "social" use are more cost effective...
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6 cores and 4 cores provide a significant performance boost when Multitasking, that is working with multiple programs at the same time, ie having a spreadsheet, a word document and a dvd playing a movie in a window. There are a few programs that are able to take advantage of multiple cores such as rendering and photoediting.

Games are just starting to use more than 2 cores, should increase in the future, for the forseeable future 6 cores is probably overkill.

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.. In most cases a few hundred MHz will not produce a noted increase in performance for vast majority of apps (are a few exceptions).
.. Intel CPUs have higher performance for a given clock speed, But AMD chips are cheaper an for "social" use are more cost effective.


For many that just use the computer for "social" use - web surfing, email, facebook and watching a movie a 2 core/4 threaded CPU is fine.

My laptop and both desktops are 4 core/4 threaded Intel CPUs and Have yet to hit a bottleneck (Not a gamer).
 
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If your only two options are the 6 core and the dual core go with the 6 core. It may cost a little more now but you won't have to upgrade for a good while, where as the dual core is already outdated. Both will do what you "need" but the hex core will shine through, you will notice slower performance with a dual core when performing normal operations on the computer.
 
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