minus-squarestatue_smudge@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Nomenclature: CPU Core/Threads vs Kernel Threads - how do you avoid ambiguity?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI usually call the CPU cores physical cores and logical cores. So a CPU might have 6 physical cores and 12 logical cores. Meaning that it has 6 real cores, but it shows up as 12 because of hyper threading. linkfedilink
I usually call the CPU cores physical cores and logical cores. So a CPU might have 6 physical cores and 12 logical cores. Meaning that it has 6 real cores, but it shows up as 12 because of hyper threading.