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1
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what does CPU performance depend on?

A

clock speed, cores and cache

2
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what’s clock speed?

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the number of instructions a single processor can carry out per second (Hz)

3
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the higher the clock speed…

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the greater the number of instructions that can be carried out per second

4
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what’s number of cores?

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each core in a CPU can process data independently off the rest

5
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the more cores a CPU has…

A

the more instructions it can carry out at once, so the faster it can batch of data

6
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what’s cache size?

A

data storage inside the CPU that’s much faster than RAM

7
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CPUs with higher clock speeds, more cores or larger caches have…

A

better performance but will also be more expensive

8
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what does it mean if a computer has too little or more RAM?

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  • little RAM, may run slowly due to the use of virtual memory
  • the more RAM, the more applications or more memory-intensive apps it can smoothly run, making it faster overall
9
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what are GPUs?

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(graphic processing units) which are specialised circuits for handling graphics and image processing. They relieve the processing load on the CPU, freeing it to do other things.

10
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what GPUs do computers have?

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basic GPUs integrated onto the motherboard or the CPU. For better graphics perfromance, a dedicated GPU (graphics card) is often use

11
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what’s the result of using high-end graphics cards?

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they greatly improve performance in graphics-intensive applications, e.g. PC gaming and design software