Does PS CS6 take better advantage of multiple processors than PS CS5?

Hi,
According to the article on this Adobe Support page, it says: There is a law of diminishing returns with multiple processors- The more processors you use, the less you get from each additional processor. Therefore, Photoshop isn't necessarily four times as fast if you have four microprocessors.
My question is, is this part of PS improved in this new version? If anyone knows about this, your response would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance.
Jung

newalchemist wrote:
So, do you mean that new PS can take "full" advantage of more than four threads now?
Good question. This was with a simple Image size (from 25,000 pixels square to 15,000 pixels square)
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> My setup consists of several pieces of equipment connected to Labview
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