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Is the cache size or number of cores more important when weighing CPU performance?

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Mar 15, 202641185 views
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I'm shopping for a laptop for my son to use for school, so it doesn't need to be a gaming machine. I've put together PC's from scratch before, but it's been a while. I've noticed that a number of the available entry-level machines are equipped either with a dual-core or a single-core CPU. I underst…

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CPU Cache Lower CPU cache will result in a higher probability of cache misses, which will significantly degrade performance. That being said, another entire core will allow the computer to run at least two threads simultaneously, so it's a trade-off…

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