1.1.2 CPU Performance

• Clock speed

  Measured in Hertz, the clock speed is the frequency at which the internal clock generates pulses. The higher the clock rate, the faster the computer may work
• Cores

  A part of a multi-core processor. A multi-core processor is a single component with two or more independent actual CPUs, which are the units responsibly for the fetch-decode-execute cycle
• Central Processing Unit (CPU)


  Processes all of the data and instructions that make the system work - can be affected by clock speed, number of cores, cache size
• Clock speed

  How fast the computer does the FDE cycle