Do I divide the clock by number of cores?

[watdahel]

If I have an Athlon X2 7 GHz, does that mean both cores run at 7 GHz or do each one run at 3.5 GHz? Does it apply as well with Intel CPUs?

 

[Noubourne]

If you have an Athlon X2 7Ghz, then you have yourself a world record!!!

No AMD chips run at 3.5Ghz (not for another year I would bet), and the ones that do won't have an X2 at the front of them.

Each core runs at the clock speed (measured in Mhz or Ghz, not in model numbers).

An AMD X2 3500 runs at 2000Mhz, or 2Ghz. It has 2 cores, and they both run at the same speed: 2Ghz. That doesn't "equal" 4Ghz, because you can't split up work like that. They just call it an X2 so you know you have 2 cores.

I have an Intel Core 2 Quad 6600, and it runs at 2.4Ghz (well, mine runs at 3.5Ghz, but I have overclocked it). All 4 cores run at 2.4Ghz, and they put "Quad" on the box to indicate that there are 4 of them, so I am better off than someone with 2 cores at 2.4Ghz.

Welcome to the world of CPU technology. Grab your copy of Wikipedia and start getting learned.

** edit: I just realized you have over 1000 posts, and you are just now figuring out that model numbers do not equal clockspeed?

Is this a joke, or are you borrowing someone's login or something?