CPU Performance

Question 1

What is clock speed, how does it affect performance?

Answer 1

Faster clock speed, the more powerful the computer is, the quicker the CPU works. Measured in cycles per second; One cycle per second is equal to One Hertz.

Question 2

How will the amount of cache affect CPU performance and what is it a special type of?

Answer 2

Use of cache memory can greatly reduce processing time. Greater the cache size, quicker the processing speed. Special type of RAM.

Question 3

How will the amount of CPU cores affect CPU performance and why might twice as many cores not always mean twice the speed?

Answer 3

More cores, quicker the computer works. Overclocking might mean twice the cores doesn’t mean twice the speed.