How many CPU cores do games need? Cores, clock speed and cache explained

Cores 6 Clock speed 4.5 GHz Graphics card limit 144 FPS

Coral = the one busy core that sets the pace. Amber = cores sharing the rest of the work.

FPS the CPU can feed0

FPS you actually get0

A teaching model, not a benchmark. Each game type has one part that can't be split and a part that can, up to a limit.