What would a 1.6 GHz Core Duo processor clock as?

Question

I know if you have 2 cores, you're to multiply the GHz by 1.5, and thats the speed it runs at.
But does it clock in as the 1.6 GHz, or the new value you get?

I know some programs won't install at all if they find something that doesn't meet the minimums, so if it clocks as 1.6 GHz i'm going to have issues...

A friend told me the "multiply by 1.5" thing, sorry if that's not how it works.

I'm looking to get a laptop that could run Autodesk Inventor, and it needs at least 2 GHz to run fine. But my options are limited. There are Core Duo processors that cost, well, a lot, especially 2.0 GHz+.

Answer 1

Uh, that's not true

a 1.6GHz dual core means each core is running at 1.6GHz frequency, no other frequency. No such thing as multiply with any value.

If you're talking about performance, again, some application that doesn't support parallel performance will only use one core. Again, it's as fast as running on one 1.6GHz CPU.

If it supports parallel processing, then you can take advantage of both core. How fast your software is effectively running depends on how efficient the multi core implementation is, and how effective is the software itself at making use of multiple processors.

It's more complicated than just multiplying with a factor of 1.5

Answer 2

As was previously mentioned, the 2 cores will both run at 1.6 GHz, but they can each work on separate tasks at any one time. This means you will see performance gains if you're working in 2 applications at once, or if you're using an application that is multi-threaded and can divide itself up between cores.

Now here's the kicker; Intel has done the public a great disservice over the last decade or so by misleading them to believe CPU performance is all about clock speed, when that is absolutely not the case. The amount of time per instruction (which is what really matters, sort of) is determined by the number of clock cycles per instruction (CPI) divided by the clock speed. ( time = CPI/Clock )

In the past, Intel has focused on lowering the instruction time by jacking up the clock speed with a total disregard for CPI. Intel hit a wall using this approach with the Pentium 4 line of processors, and decided to back track to a lower clock speed and focus more on lowering the CPI. What this means is a current 1.6 GHz Intel chip, is not in any way equivalent to, and is much faster than, a 1.6 GHz Pentium 4 chip.

You can find out more about this here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth

In any case, if a software say it requires a 2 GHz chip, I can assure you a 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo, or even a 1.6 Ghz Core Celeron, will exceed that requirement. If a software installer actually doesn't let you install it, you should either return the software because the developers are clueless IMO, or you should send them an email with the above Wikipedia link and tell them to fix the problem with their software.

Answer 3

You got some bum information. A 1.5 Ghz processor is clocked at 1.5Ghz if it has one, two or twenty cores. Unless the game is specifically designed to take advantage of multiple core processors the game will use one processor at a time. However, that processor might not have to compete with other processing being done on the other processor.

Answer 4

Everything you've said is wrong. Find whoever told you these things and do something to them for which I would not be legally culpable for telling you to do if you did what I said.

Now, you have two core that operate at 1.6Ghz. IF the application and OS support threading, it will ideally split the load appropriately across both processors. Excel 2007 does this when calculating formulas. If you don't thread, then you just get the advantage of a 1.6Ghz processor.

Answer 5

No each core will clock at 1.6 Ghz , you cannot add them together.

Now I don't know what this 1.5 business is.

But if you overclock the cpu for example to 2.0 Ghz then you will have each core running at 2.0 Ghz.

Answer 6

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