I am having some trouble understanding multicore CPU speeds. An E4500 is advertised as being 2.2ghz and has a lower clock speed than a p4 3.0 but will out perform it. Is it because a E4500 is 2.2ghz times, meaning it has 2 cores at 2.2ghz each.
Or in the case of a quad core like the q6600, is it 4 cores at 2.4ghz each for a total processing power of 9.6ghz. Is my thought process correct, because when I go into the bios it shows my e4500 @ 2.2ghz, but is it really a 4.4 ghz cpu?
Or in the case of a quad core like the q6600, is it 4 cores at 2.4ghz each for a total processing power of 9.6ghz. Is my thought process correct, because when I go into the bios it shows my e4500 @ 2.2ghz, but is it really a 4.4 ghz cpu?