A question regarding Lynnfield CPU Turbo Mode

Hi, can anyone explain to me how Turbo mode works? I didn't really understand the article on the Lynnfield CPU Turbo mode and how it only works on a single core. Does this mean that the CPU can overclock itself whenever it needs to? In that case, we don't need to manually overclock the Lynnfield CPUs?

So would there be any benefit to manually overclocking Lynnfield CPUs? Based on the Anandtech article, it seems as if the PCU takes care of the overclocking for you.

It will show some benefit - turbo can overclock a bit with all cores running if you're under TDP and thermal limits. Manual overclocking will give more gains though, since you are not constrained to the normal TDP of the CPU.

Are many applications fully multi-threaded or just a few handful of them?

the difference between turbo mode and standard overclocking is that turbo mode kicks in when its needed on the fly, whereas with normal computing and standard oc'ing you run at whatever speed and if you do too much, your system gets slower.

intel tried similar things years ago and it was a complete failure. looks like they got it right this time. the dynamic ability to determine how many cores are needed, shut down unneeded cors, and supply more and more voltage to the cores that have the workload is nothing short of genius.

..and yes, you can still o'clock AND run turbo mode effectively. and if you get a i7 lynnfield you can even do other magic stuff like simulate twice as many cores as you have (virtualization), enhanced speedstep, hyper threading,...

The fact that it has hyperthreading makes it better for all those tasks, regardless of everything else.