CPU Core Question

[Savengaard]

Hey All, I have an AMD A10-7700k Radeon R7,
It says I have 10 compute cores, 4C and 6G, i have no idea what that means though haha. In the task manager it says I have 1 Socket, 2 Cores and 4 Logical Processors, does that mean I only have two cores and the rest are hyper threading?

If that's the case, what would be a better CPU for live streaming, if the AMD isn't good enough?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

The AMD A10-7700K consists of two parts, 4 separate cores of compute power, pretty much an Athlon X4 860K, for all your mathematical and logic calculations, and 6 graphics cores for graphics processing.

There's nothing much better without also changing your motherboard.

 

[Savengaard]

So does that mean I should have 4 cores running instead of the 2 it says I have?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Not exactly. 'Cores' is an architectural term that applies more simply to other processors.

The compute part of the A10-7700K consists of two Steamroller Modules, each of which contains two Integer processors, for a total of four, and one shared Floating Point processor, for a total of two, so your chip has four Integer processors and two Floating point processors.

This mini-review may help clarify things. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9287/the-amd-a10-7700k-and-amd-a6-7400k-cpu-review

 

[Savengaard]

Thank you! I shall read that shortly. I Can't find out which mother board I have, or I don't know where to find that information, but would you know of a good CPU to stream with that wouldn't break my bank? haha

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Stream what and to where?

 

[Savengaard]

Streaming Video games to Twitch, sorry for late reply, just finished my stream.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

There is nothing much better for your computer without changing a lot of your system including the motherboard, and perhaps requiring a new operating system.

 

[Savengaard]

Well, that's a shame haha. I think my system is pretty good, at least I hope so for what I paid for it. Do you want the specs?

Edit: Oooh, I see what you're saying. Drat.