cores and threads in a processor

What do you mean by cores in a processor?



A core is nothing but a single processing unit that can process information independently. A processor is nothing but which contains the multiple numbers of cores like a dual-core processor,quad-core processor, Hexa-core processor, or octa-core processor. 

What do you mean by threads in a processor?


  • Threads are like hands to the cores.
  •  If a single core processor has two threads which means it has two hands to align or queue the next task or information going to be performed by the processor. Therefore it will keep the core occupied what is the next process that is going to be done will be aligned by the threads.
  •  Threads help the core to keep occupied while performing tasks and aligns the next task for the core which is already doing its work.

What do you mean by a multi-core processor?


If the processor has multiple cores are known as a multi-core processor.  (core-CPU)
For example:- 
  • A dual-core 4 threads, 4.0GHz processor has two-cores with each core have 2 threads and each core runs at a clock frequency of 4.0GHz.
  • An octa-core 16 threads, 4.5GHz processor has eight-cores with each core have 2 threads and each core runs at a clock frequency of 4.5GHz.

Is a multi-core processor is better than the single-core processor?

Yes, definitely multi-core processor is ten times better than the single-core processor.


How Single core processor will do the task:- 


In this a single core is responsible for all the processes so, when each process is completed it requires memory to store and fetch the next task to be done so it takes much time to do multiple tasks.
How the multi-core processor will do the same task:- 


This is why the multi-core processor is better than the single-core processor. The multi-core processor will split up the operation and do the task as fast as possible than the single processor.

Advantages of Multi-core processor:-
  • processing speed is increased.
  • multi-tasking will be performed smoothly.

Best latest multi-core processor:-
  • Intel i9 10th gen(10 core 20 threads)max boost clock 5.20 GHz.
  • AMD Ryzen 9 3rd gen(12 core 24 threads) max boost clock 4.6Ghz.
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