How are benchmarks for multiple cores calculated?

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Published on 2012-03-20T20:36:53Z Indexed on 2012/03/20 23:33 UTC
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I found this site to compare CPU's. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

What wasn't clear is how the benchmark for multiple core processors is calculated. If one CPU has 4 cores (such as Intel Core i7 which comes in 2, 4, and 6 core versions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7#Core_i7), does that mean that the benchmark should be double that of the version that has 2 cores (assuming the same clock frequency)?

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