Number of processor cores confusion

[Volker Wysk]

Am Montag, den 09.11.2020, 18:28 +0100 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Hi!
> 
> When I bought my PC a few months ago, I was told that it has 8 processor
> cores. But the gnome system monitor display 16 cores. So does /proc/cpuinfo.
> The inxi tool reports *both*:
> 
> desktop ~ $ inxi --cpu
> CPU:
>   Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
>   L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
>   Speed: 1887 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz 
>   Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1891 2: 1991 
>   3: 1896 4: 2063 5: 2058 6: 2187 7: 2046 8: 2193 9: 2190 10: 1889 11: 1888 
>   12: 2096 13: 1887 14: 2204 15: 2189 16: 1907 

It gets even more confusing. Right now, /proc/cpuinfo reports *12* cores.


Bye
Volker
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