AMD processor

[barnacle]

Barnacles hardware questions.

Why are all the AMD processors lower Ghz?
What makes them as good as pentium, by that i mean what are the factors that make a CPU good?

 

[poseyjmac]

they get more work done per cpu cycle. but asus is probably going to give you a much better detailed explanation lol

 

[GPRT]

Basically they are more efficient per cycle and thus can process more data per in each cycle which means an equal amount of data can be processed as a Pentium at a much higher frequency.

 

[barnacle]

thanks. that makes enough sense, i guess

 

[Asus]

Listen to what they said above.

You don't just want your CPU to move quick, you want it to work quick.
How do you do that? You do a lot of work per hour or per second or per cycle just like you would at your job.
If you run around your office at 50mph doing hardly anything that doesn't get the job done quite as well now does it?

Mhz/Ghz isn't the only part to the equation while work per cycle is the other, which isn't something they advertise.

Link

 

[Dead-Inside]

... They count in different ways. That's the right explanation.

 

[Revisedsoul]

asus, the unofficial tom's hardware spokes person

sorta like that guy from wendys