why do most processers have twice the threads than the number of cores? 871 viewsJanuary 3, 2024 Question90.68K September 29, 2019 0 Comments Was just watching an ltt video and was wondering. Ex: 8 core 16 thread |16 core 32 thread In: Technology 2 Answers ActiveNewestOldest Anonymous Posted September 29, 2019 0 Comments Before we had cores we had hyper threading where a CPU could natively divide into two virtual processors. The cpu maintains two sets of registers so splitting workloads is more efficient than in software multi threading. You are viewing 1 out of 2 answers, click here to view all answers. Register or Login
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