It does seem to reward number of cores. The old AMD 2012 FX CPUs with 6/8 cores that run slowly are listed as some of the best CPU/$ deals, despite their poor s

It does seem to reward number of cores. The old AMD 2012 FX CPUs with 6/8 cores that run slowly are listed as some of the best CPU/$ deals, despite their poor single-core performance making them useless for e.g. gaming.