Can someone explain to me how a 2 core processor (i6-620m) is signifigantly faster than a 4 core processor (i7-920, i7-920 xm, i7-720qm, i7-820qm)

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Can someone explain to me how a 2 core processor is faster than many 4 core processors

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Are you meant to say it that way round?

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asking another question is not answering mine. you are an idiot.

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I'm guessing... The quad-core runs on much more power than just 2, so maybe they get too hot when the clock is faster. If you were to run a single core at 2.5 Ghz, wouldn't 4 cores do as much or more processing at a lower speed?