On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:42:37 -0600, Damaeus wrote:

Is a Six-Core at 3.5 GHz going to be faster, overall, than a Quad-Core
running 3.8 GHz?

Depends on the threads running. If all 6 cores can be used to the max
then the effective speed is 3.5x6, or 21Ghz, while only 4 is 4x3.8, or
15.2Ghz. So the 6 core is potentially 30% faster.