What does the clock speed mean when it comes to multicore

Schecter

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Lets say the specs said that a duo core ran at 3.0GHz(to make everything nice and even)
Does that mean each core runs at 3.0GHz or does each core run at 1.5GHz and add up to be 3.0GHz
 
Each core runs at 3.0GHz together
Therefore 1 core can be processing one thing (at 3.0GHz)
And the other core can be processing another thing (at 3.0GHz)
Which makes it only working at 3.0GHz, but being twice as fast at it (by the way its more like + 50% as fast)

Multiprocessing is the keyword here
 
So a dualcore @ 3ghz would effectively be running at 6ghz (?)

No, a dualcore @3G would run at 3G max on both cores

Each core runs at 3.0GHz together
Therefore 1 core can be processing one thing (at 3.0GHz)
And the other core can be processing another thing (at 3.0GHz)
Which makes it only working at 3.0GHz, but being twice as fast at it (by the way its more like + 50% as fast)

That is confusing :rolleyes:
 
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Here is some more information that may confuse you. It is difficult to compare many processors by simply comparing clock speeds. Processors with newer technology can perform more calculations per clock cycle than an older central processing units.

An example is an Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53 gigahertz Processor versus an Intel Pentium D Processor 960 3.6 gigahertz processor. The E7200 is a faster processor than the Pentium D 960 because it can perform more calculations per clock cycle .
 
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