Singlecore or multicore?
I would like to know how are the result numbers counted. If a benchmark is run, is it split over multiple cores and therefore (approximately) n-times faster?
The thing is that I want to approximate how fast will a single-core application be, no matter if I§m on a dual core or quad core CPU. I§m interrested in performace of one core (OS thread).
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Support Staff 1 Posted by John on 23 Jul, 2011 12:50 AM
Hi Michal,
Geekbench runs both single-threaded and multi-threaded tests to determine the overall benchmark score. Therefore a quad-core system will have a higher score than a dual-core system, but the score will not be 2x higher.
If you're interested in single-core performance and if you're comfortable running Python scripts from the command line I have some scripts I can send you that will help you determine the single-core performance of a multi-core machine.
Best,
John
John closed this discussion on 09 Jul, 2012 03:08 AM.