How does frequency on a CPU impact performance? I.e. if I overclock a 2Ghz CPU to 4Ghz, is it +100% performance?

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How does frequency on a CPU impact performance? I.e. if I overclock a 2Ghz CPU to 4Ghz, is it +100% performance?

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there are diminishing returns, as others have mentioned.

something to note is that clock speed is only a useful comparison for similar or the same chip. 2 chips can have the same performance with radically different clock speeds due to different architecture.

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