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6-core vs. 8-core CPUs

6-core vs. 8-core CPUs: What’s better for gaming?

Posted on September 3, 2021August 27, 2023 By Jarvis

More cores equals better gaming, right? Not necessarily.

Just five years ago, debating the merits of a 6-core CPU versus an 8-core model wasn’t possible. We were all stuck with 4-core chips at a consumer level—to break past that barrier, you had to pay serious bucks for a high-end desktop (“big socket”) CPU. Not that you needed to go that extreme for gaming.
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