23.09.2013, 10:01
The ghz frequency basically means how often in a second the processor can use his "calculation units" to solve a task. Now those "calculation units" are different for every cpu, so they can calculate more or less each step. Then they also differ in how many of these units are used in the cpu. So even if the frequency is lower, some cpus might be a lot faster because its units are better.
(Thats a very basic but good explanation)
FLOPS is a common unit for processor speed, it describes the FLoating-point OPerations per Ssecond that can be performed, so practically the amount of calculations the cpu can do in a second. If youre looking to compare the raw power of cpus, this is a good value that youll find in most benchmarks.
The i7 usually is famous for having 4 real processor cores, and a total of 8 effective cores (hyperthreading), so it can perform 8 tasks at once. It also has very powerful "units", so even a single core would be faster than some dual core cpus.
(Thats a very basic but good explanation)
FLOPS is a common unit for processor speed, it describes the FLoating-point OPerations per Ssecond that can be performed, so practically the amount of calculations the cpu can do in a second. If youre looking to compare the raw power of cpus, this is a good value that youll find in most benchmarks.
The i7 usually is famous for having 4 real processor cores, and a total of 8 effective cores (hyperthreading), so it can perform 8 tasks at once. It also has very powerful "units", so even a single core would be faster than some dual core cpus.