What does 2 core 4 threads mean in a cpu? I am talking about this cpu. ARK

Answer (1 of 4): It means that the CPU has 2 physical cores but can process 4 threads simultaneously through hyper threading or Simultaneous multithreading (SMT). In reality, one physical core can only truly run one thread at a time, but using hyper threading, the CPU exploits the idle stages in

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