Question about Dual or Multi Core processors?

Question

When a program says you have a 1.7 ghz dual core processor, does that mean you have 2 cores that equal 1.7 or 2 processors that are 1.7 each?

Answer 1

it means you have two (or more) processors running at 1.7 ghz each so if you had two processors, than it would equal to 3.4 and if you had quad it would be 6.8 ghz all together.

Answer 2

The two cores both run at 1.7 GHz. However, only one of them will be used unless the program you're using is optimized for dual-core processors.

Answer 3

This means you have a single processor with 2 processing cores in it each running at 1.7 ghz.

Answer 4

two processors that are 1.7ghz each