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Will a new processor with slower clockspeed run legacy applications faster?
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Mar 15, 20261055 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I'm using Linux and have an old P4 with about 3 GHz clock speed. Will a newer chip that had slower clock speed run my legacy applications faster or slower? I only use one application at a time, an old drawing program (windows app used in wine) that is unable to take advantage of multicore, and have…
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The clock speed is only partially in charge of 'how much stuff gets done' (a.k.a. 'work'). To compare 2 CPUs you should check out CPUbenchmark.net and find both your old and your new CPU and compare the results. For example, a P4 with 3 GHz clock sp…
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