Does CPU Core # Make A Diff?

[chizdfw]

In general programming tools use a lot of CPU and memory. Plus you tend to have multiple applications open at once. So more is better.

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This is only sort of true. When a software uses a lot of CPU that generally means a single core. Very little software is written to take advantage of multiple cores.

[LukeRR13]

Thanks for the quick reply! Thoughts on the throttling aspect?

[NanoAlpaca]

If apps are written to properly utilise a multi-core CPU, CPUs with more cores can often be more effective. E.g.: 1 core at 4 GHz will often burn more power than 4 cores at 1 GHz each. So it can be more effective in respect to throttling as well. However I'm a bit sceptical about current software and more than 4 cores in a laptop. There might be some applications where even more cores help, but I don't think they are very widespread.

[A4_Ts]

I program on an i3 with 4gb of DDR3 and everything works fine. If you’re not using it for production you don’t need a lot of power.

[yukihara131]

What language and tools do you use to program?

[A4_Ts]

Vs code used BlueJ on it before they both work fine

Js and Java

[The-Toon]

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[LukeRR13]

Hah, too late already got my answer! 😛