29-11-2022, 12:54 PM
All modern operating systems will use all the cores the system has available IF NECESSARY!
However, almost nothing an ordinary user does uses more than one or possibly two threads at a time. On Windows, in Task Manager you can monitor either the overall CPU usage, or in the view options, each core individually... That way you can see what actually is happening.
So:
More cores: ability to do more things at the same time. Only useful if you are really doing lots of things in parallel and have applications than can exploit all those extra cores.
Faster cores: ability to do an individual task quicker. Only really important if you run compute-intensive tasks and want them done quicker.
Neither of the above are important for general users doing email/word processing etc.
If you are a gamer, then both are important; if a business power user, likewise.
However, almost nothing an ordinary user does uses more than one or possibly two threads at a time. On Windows, in Task Manager you can monitor either the overall CPU usage, or in the view options, each core individually... That way you can see what actually is happening.
So:
More cores: ability to do more things at the same time. Only useful if you are really doing lots of things in parallel and have applications than can exploit all those extra cores.
Faster cores: ability to do an individual task quicker. Only really important if you run compute-intensive tasks and want them done quicker.
Neither of the above are important for general users doing email/word processing etc.
If you are a gamer, then both are important; if a business power user, likewise.
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