AMD FX-8350 True Eight Core ?

[PrivilegeYT]

So like is an AMD FX-8350 a true eight core processor or is it a quad core with two virtual cores on each true core ?

 

[Robert Cook]

it is eight cores, but in groups of two sharing cache. lets put it this way if you need raw power, an intel quad core is the way to go.

 

[Shneiky]

It is a true 4 module CPU with 8 integer cores and 4 FPUs.

There is no "definition" of core anywhere. A core can be only integer unit, integer and FPU, a CUDA core which is entirely different as well as a Stream Processor (which is again - a type of core)

 

[R_1]

looks like 8 actual cores 8 threads

 

[Robert Cook]

so really like around 3/4 of a core per core in a sense.

 

[bignastyid]

Depends on who you ask. Some see 2 cores in a module as not being full cores since they have to share certain resources. This is what AMD is being sued over.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/11/amd-sued-over-allegedly-misleading-bulldozer-core-count/