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OCR GCSE Computer Science Exam Questions

1.1 Systems Architecture

1.1 question 16

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The specification of two CPUs is shown. When running a 3D flight simulator, Computer 1 is likely to run faster than Computer 2. Using the information, identify one reason.

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It has more cores (4 vs 2), allowing more parallel processing.

Exam guidance

AO2: Accept any valid reason from the figure; more cores is the expected answer.
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