So I know CPUs have different clock speeds etc. but what exactly makes a CPU faster or better?
Why is e.g. my 5 year old 4-core 3GHz CPU worse than my new 4-/6-core 3GHz one?
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In addition to new and more hardware like L1, L2 cache, smaller cores meaning shorter pathways, the technology inside has been improving as well. Couple generations ago, the cores started adding predictive analysis for the logics. They would try to predictive which operations were going to be done next based on history and setting those channel up ahead of time. Rather than solely reacting to input command in previous generations.
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