> When these 'base clocks' are listed, would a lower core CPU with a higher base clock run more calculations at its max thread count than a higher core cpu? Say 64 threads on a 32 vore 4Ghz CPU vs a 2.5Ghz 96 core monster.
The base clock is only when all cores are loaded, and especially on Threadripper / Ryzen is far from meaningful in practice as they will permanently turbo. So it's very possible that the 96 core threadripper and the 32 core threadripper when asked to run the same 32 threads will actually end up running around the same clockspeed.
The base clock is only when all cores are loaded, and especially on Threadripper / Ryzen is far from meaningful in practice as they will permanently turbo. So it's very possible that the 96 core threadripper and the 32 core threadripper when asked to run the same 32 threads will actually end up running around the same clockspeed.
See for example this chart on the 5950X from anandtech: https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16214/CoreFreqScale-5950v3...
Note that there's not 2 frequencies, there's a whole range of them and that range varies by the actual workload demands.