On: AMD Ryzen Full Lineup Prices, Specs and Clock Speeds Leaked

[O5vYtytb]

4 cores / 16 threads?

Does clock speed matter if IPC for your workload is good at a lower frequency?

[shmerl → O5vYtytb]

I guess it matters for single core performance bottlenecks. I.e. let's say you are compiling. Higher frequency CPU will manage it in less time. More cores naturally help as well.

[ganeshkrishnan → shmerl]

Most compilers should be able to handle multi-threaded compiling. I would rather go for more cores than higher frequencies

[shmerl → ganeshkrishnan]

Sure, but higher frequency would speed it up on each core, right? The benefits aren't mutually exclusive.