Which models? 2500K and 2600K? Clock speed is only useful for comparing CPUs that use the same architecture. It was different a long time ago, but that was then and this is now.

Fewer faster cores will get better performance. The only difference between the two CPU's is hyper-threading which is only relevant when using specific applications. What CPU's are you currently looking at?

r00t_b33r wrote Which models? 2500K and 2600K? Clock speed is only useful for comparing CPUs that use the same architecture. It was different a long time ago, but that was then and this is now.

How has it changed? I from what I've understood it's just the speed at which the processor executes instructions so I don't see how it has changed. And the models I am considering are a 2.6 GHz or 2600k i5 and 2.0 GHz or a 2000k i7.

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r00t_b33r wrote Which models? 2500K and 2600K? Clock speed is only useful for comparing CPUs that use the same architecture. It was different a long time ago, but that was then and this is now.

How has it changed? I from what I've understood it's just the speed at which the processor executes instructions so I don't see how it has changed. And the models I am considering are a 2.6 GHz or 2600k i5 and 2.0 GHz or a 2000k i7.

It's changed since the days where CPUs were in the hundreds of megahertz. Architecture has just as much to do with speed as clock speed. You could overclock a Core 2 Duo to 7 GHz but it still wouldn't be able to touch a stock 2500K.

The 2600K is the 2500K with four more (virtual) processing threads. If you won't use them, and you probably won't, get the 2500K.

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r00t_b33r wrote Which models? 2500K and 2600K? Clock speed is only useful for comparing CPUs that use the same architecture. It was different a long time ago, but that was then and this is now.

How has it changed? I from what I've understood it's just the speed at which the processor executes instructions so I don't see how it has changed. And the models I am considering are a 2.6 GHz or 2600k i5 and 2.0 GHz or a 2000k i7.

It's changed since the days where CPUs were in the hundreds of megahertz. Architecture has just as much to do with speed as clock speed. You could overclock a Core 2 Duo to 7 GHz but it still wouldn't be able to touch a stock 2500K.

The 2600K is the 2500K with four more (virtual) processing threads. If you won't use them, and you probably won't, get the 2500K.

Thanks for the explanation man. So I should get the 2.0 GHz i7 over the 2.6 GHz i5?

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r00t_b33r wrote Which models? 2500K and 2600K? Clock speed is only useful for comparing CPUs that use the same architecture. It was different a long time ago, but that was then and this is now.

How has it changed? I from what I've understood it's just the speed at which the processor executes instructions so I don't see how it has changed. And the models I am considering are a 2.6 GHz or 2600k i5 and 2.0 GHz or a 2000k i7.

It's changed since the days where CPUs were in the hundreds of megahertz. Architecture has just as much to do with speed as clock speed. You could overclock a Core 2 Duo to 7 GHz but it still wouldn't be able to touch a stock 2500K.

The 2600K is the 2500K with four more (virtual) processing threads. If you won't use them, and you probably won't, get the 2500K.

Thanks for the explanation man. So I should get the 2.0 GHz i7 over the 2.6 GHz i5?

The 2500K is not 2.6 GHz and the 2600K is not 2.0 GHz. What are you buying exactly? OEM CPUs? A laptop? A prebuilt? That changes everything.

Looking for an upgrade. My choice is between a 2.6 intel i5 and 2.0 intel i7.

Ilike wrote Looking for an upgrade. My choice is between a 2.6 intel i5 and 2.0 intel i7.

Yes, but what are the model numbers for each? They're clearly not the 2500K and 2600K.