FX-6300 got 6 cores or 3 cores ?

[Hozhoz]

does fx-6300 have 6 cores or 3 ? and if it's 3 why do they say it got 6 cores ?

 

[AndyC53]

does fx-6300 have 6 cores or 3 ? and if it's 3 why do they say it got 6 cores ?

It has 6 cores. 6300.

 

[jay2577]

It has 3 modules with 2 cores in each module that share resources like cache and fpu etc.

 

[de5_Roy]

fx 6300 has 3 blocks that amd calls 'modules'. each module has 2 integer clusters and a shared 256bit fpu and some other resources. the module can execute 2 threads simultenously. a 3 module cpu can thus execute 6 threads. amd markets them as 6 cores mostly because of the integer clusters. the operating system seems them as 6 core cpus.
if you want further info on how modules and cores work, check out toms bulldozer review.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8150-zambezi-bulldozer-990fx,3043-3.html