4 cores on 8 core cpu

[Aedan929]

I know I have an 8 core cpu AMD FX 8370, device manager show 8 cores but task manager only says 4 cores!? Do I actually have 8 cores?

It also says 8 logical cores what does this mean?

 

[HEXiT]

its an 8 core 4 module part. and its not the same thing as inte cpu's with hyperthreading.
it has 8 seperate logic cores which are attached in pairs to a floating point maths core. these three components and some other bits and bobs go together to create 1 module.
add 4 modules together and you have an 8 core cpu.

basically windows is mis-describing the 4 cores in name. they should be refereed to as modules but some lazy programmer cant be bothered to fix it.
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[Ecky]

^ Although it's true that AMD modules are much closer to two cores each than an Intel core + hyperthread, Windows calls it "4 cores" for the same reason - AMD hardware threads share resources. If a thread gets scheduled on cores 0 and 1, there will be a performance loss, since cores 0 and 1 are both on the same module, and both threads are sharing some of the same hardware.

I'd accept "lazy programming", they could create a new name for it, they're just reusing the same nomenclature as with Intel hardware, because threads have to be scheduled in the same way as with a hyperthreaded CPU.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

What are your specs?

 

[Aedan929]

its an 8 core 4 module part. and its not the same thing as inte cpu's with hyperthreading.
it has 8 seperate logic cores which are attached in pairs to a floating point maths core. these three components and some other bits and bobs go together to create 1 module.
add 4 modules together and you have an 8 core cpu.

basically windows is mis-describing the 4 cores in name. they should be refereed to as modules but some lazy programmer cant be bothered to fix it.
.

So I do have an 8 core cpu I wasnt like scammed or anything?

 

[HEXiT]

no mate you havent been scammed.

you have an 8 core 4 module cpu so yes you have an 8 core cpu.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed
AMD's FX-8000 processors reviewed

Good info in this article.