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Gigahertz versus cores — what makes a good phone chip?

You need the right amount of both.

It would be best to have some cores that aren't extremely fast, some that are, and software designed to distribute the load in a way that offers the right mix of speed and battery life. All computer processing is math, and the core inside a CPU can't really think ahead or look backward; it only tackles the one problem in front of it before it moves on to the next one. (Image credit: Samsung)Generally speaking, a fast CPU core means an application will run quickly on a computer like your phone.

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