Does it mean that I have a CPU with a combined speed of 3.32 Ghz or does it mean I have a CPU with a combined speed of 1.6 Ghz? Please make sure you answer correctly :)
2006-12-12 11:56:04 · 5 answers · asked by JK Sy 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
No - this is NOT 3.32 Ghz. You are 1.66 for SEPERATE instructions. Just that you can do 2 instructions at once. It's rare that this is needed. Most of the time, a CPU is idle. When its not, you have a second one to pick up the slack.
If 2 cars are driving 60 mph each, they are NOT going 120 mph together.
2006-12-12 12:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by orlandobillybob 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Intel Core 2 Duo - 2 cores
1.66 GHZ for each core. that means your combined speed is 1.66x2
which is, yes, 3.32ghz
2006-12-12 19:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by John B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have two symmetrical cores running at 1.66ghz. It's like having 2 cpu's, but it's called dual core.
2006-12-12 19:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by poppster01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dual core processors allow you to do two different things at once. Unless an application is designed to use two processors at once, it will only use one.
Dual core means you can chew bubblegum and walk backwards, not chew bubblegum faster.
2006-12-12 20:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by rsist34 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 cpu running forward at 1.6 and backward at 1.6. Normal cpu run back and forward on one channel but core2duo has a channel for each way.
2006-12-12 20:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋