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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In a nutshell your cpu does one thing every time the clock ticks. 2Ghz is 2,000,000,000 ticks per second. Increasing clock speed means doing more stuff per second.

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