hello
we often read that dual core CPU of higher clock speed may be better than quad core CPU of lower clock speed
and this because very few or no "tasks" can take advantage of 2 or more cores
that is logical at first sight
but in real life situations, we almost never do single tasking in our pc
we run internet browser, antivirus, winrar, MS Office, etc and numerous OS tasks
so my question is, in such situations, won't a quad core have advantage over a dual core?
or dual core's faster clock will still give advantage to it?
many software now may not support more than one core, but because:
1) we run many software simultaneously
2) we run many OS tasks and OSes nowadays support multiple cores
I suppose quad core will always have advantage
however, I cannot estimate the actual advantage in REAL LIFE situations, since I see everywhere benchmarks for a single task
I would like to see your justified thoughts on this
thanks
we often read that dual core CPU of higher clock speed may be better than quad core CPU of lower clock speed
and this because very few or no "tasks" can take advantage of 2 or more cores
that is logical at first sight
but in real life situations, we almost never do single tasking in our pc
we run internet browser, antivirus, winrar, MS Office, etc and numerous OS tasks
so my question is, in such situations, won't a quad core have advantage over a dual core?
or dual core's faster clock will still give advantage to it?
many software now may not support more than one core, but because:
1) we run many software simultaneously
2) we run many OS tasks and OSes nowadays support multiple cores
I suppose quad core will always have advantage
however, I cannot estimate the actual advantage in REAL LIFE situations, since I see everywhere benchmarks for a single task
I would like to see your justified thoughts on this
thanks