11 May 2011 at 22:07 #1 ereilly26 ereilly26 Associate Joined 10 Jun 2008 Posts 62 hi i have a laptop it has dual core with 4 threads what dose this mean i know about the dual core but not the 4 threads
hi i have a laptop it has dual core with 4 threads what dose this mean i know about the dual core but not the 4 threads
11 May 2011 at 22:17 #2 RJC RJC Don Joined 29 May 2005 Posts 29,103 Location Kent You have 2 hyperthreading cores as well as 2 actual cores which makes up the amount of threads the CPU has. You can have a quad core CPU with 4 hyperthreading cores which will show as 4 cores and 8 threads.
You have 2 hyperthreading cores as well as 2 actual cores which makes up the amount of threads the CPU has. You can have a quad core CPU with 4 hyperthreading cores which will show as 4 cores and 8 threads.
11 May 2011 at 22:28 #3 R088ieS86 R088ieS86 Soldato Joined 25 Oct 2009 Posts 2,724 Location Northampton Its an Intel thing: Hyperthreading Very useful in some programs! Last edited: 11 May 2011
