Register    Login    Search    Articles & downloads     Who We Are    Donate    Jaylach Free Sites

Board index » Technical Forums » General Computing




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 1 post ] 
Author Message
 Post Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:06 pm 
Offline
Resident Geekazoid Administrator
User avatar

Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:09 am
Posts: 9438
Location: The state of confusion; I just use Wyoming for mail.
I'm just kind of curious. My main system is running an AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 8-core processor.
http://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-1800x

What has me curious is that it is an 8-core processor yet Device Manager shows 16 processors. It DOES have 16 'threads'. Could it be the 16 threads that Device Manager is seeing?

<edit>
I almost deleted this post but hate it myself when I get a post notification and there is nothing here.

The answer seems to be that, yes, it is the 16 threads that Device manager is seeing. As to the relation between processor cores and threads here are two decent articles. The first is a little techy but the second is wonderful as to explaining simply with a touch of humor.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/30607 ... ore-thread

LOVE this short article! Almost moved this to advanced just due to the subject matter but I believe that this article makes that not needed.
https://techterms.com/definition/thread

It all boils down to the fact that my processor has a feature called 'Hyper Threading'. That means that each core can pretty much perform as being two cores. Hence Device Manager shows 16 processors/cores.

If any feel that this should still be in 'Advanced' let me know and I'll move it. :)

_________________
Image
Free sites from jaylach.com
I NEVER forget... I just remember late.


Top 
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
 
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 1 post ] 

Board index » Technical Forums » General Computing


Who is online

Registered users: No registered users

 
 

 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:

Similar topics


Jump to: