Core i3-2120

[JekylHyde]

Hi
why in the device manager i see as i have 4 cpu's? i have Core i3-2120
& what is the difference between Cores & Threads?

 

[DejaWiz]

It will show as four cores since it's a dual core with HyperThreading.

2 cores, 4 threads. Allows a core to essentially process 2 streams, or threads, of data concurrently.

 

[JekylHyde]

so 4 cores with HT show 8 cpu's?

 

[DejaWiz]

Indeed it does. 6C + HT shows 12, and so on.

 

[JekylHyde]

thanks

 

[DejaWiz]

You're welcome.

Oh, and welcome to the [H]orde!

 

[paperwastage]

though threads will be slower than actual cores... depending on the application you use, might be 15-30%, might even be negative (switching threads has higher overhead than having fewer threads)