You're interpreting the specs incorrectly. The "# of threads" spec is not "# threads per core", it's just "# of threads". The CPU in the 9360 has 4 threads total, i.e. 2 threads per core. Hyper-Threading has never resulted in more than 2 threads per core since it was originally introduced a very long time ago, and if you take a look at the "# of threads" spec for multi-core CPUs that do NOT have Hyper-Threading, you will see that it matches the number of cores rather than being 1.
That's what I was afraid of. It seems I was ripped off, as I was told otherwise by the retailer. :-/
It is a shame that the specs are so confusing, though. When you click on the "?" symbol next to "# of Threads", you get "A Thread, or thread of execution, is a software term for the basic ordered sequence of instructions that can be passed through or processed by a single CPU core."
That's what I was afraid of. It seems I was ripped off, as I was told otherwise by the retailer. :-/
It is a shame that the specs are so confusing, though. When you click on the "?" symbol next to "# of Threads", you get "A Thread, or thread of execution, is a software term for the basic ordered sequence of instructions that can be passed through or processed by a single CPU core."
Thanks for the reply.
Sorry to hear you were given bad information, but I don't see what's confusing about those specs. That help popup simply defines a thread, and it correctly says that a thread can only be executed by a single core, i.e. a given thread cannot be split between multiple cores. There's nothing that suggests that the value quoted there was per core rather than total for the processor. If it helps in terms of feeling ripped off, there weren't any systems in the 13-inch ultrabook category at the time of the 9360 that had more than 4 threads because Intel simply didn't have a quad core CPU available that had power and thermal characteristics that were suitable for that type of laptop. Now they do, which is why the newer 9370 and other newer equivalent systems are available with a quad core CPU, but that's of course newer than the 9360. If memory serves, however, the clock speed of the individual cores is lower on that CPU than the higher-end dual core offerings from the 9360 era, and some workloads benefit more from per-core clock speeds than having more cores, so the quad core CPU in the 9370 is not always an upgrade compared to the 9360.
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You're interpreting the specs incorrectly. The "# of threads" spec is not "# threads per core", it's just "# of threads". The CPU in the 9360 has 4 threads total, i.e. 2 threads per core. Hyper-Threading has never resulted in more than 2 threads per core since it was originally introduced a very long time ago, and if you take a look at the "# of threads" spec for multi-core CPUs that do NOT have Hyper-Threading, you will see that it matches the number of cores rather than being 1.
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January 4th, 2019 06:00
(* sigh *)
That's what I was afraid of. It seems I was ripped off, as I was told otherwise by the retailer. :-/
It is a shame that the specs are so confusing, though. When you click on the "?" symbol next to "# of Threads", you get "A Thread, or thread of execution, is a software term for the basic ordered sequence of instructions that can be passed through or processed by a single CPU core."
Thanks for the reply.
jphughan
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January 4th, 2019 07:00
Sorry to hear you were given bad information, but I don't see what's confusing about those specs. That help popup simply defines a thread, and it correctly says that a thread can only be executed by a single core, i.e. a given thread cannot be split between multiple cores. There's nothing that suggests that the value quoted there was per core rather than total for the processor. If it helps in terms of feeling ripped off, there weren't any systems in the 13-inch ultrabook category at the time of the 9360 that had more than 4 threads because Intel simply didn't have a quad core CPU available that had power and thermal characteristics that were suitable for that type of laptop. Now they do, which is why the newer 9370 and other newer equivalent systems are available with a quad core CPU, but that's of course newer than the 9360. If memory serves, however, the clock speed of the individual cores is lower on that CPU than the higher-end dual core offerings from the 9360 era, and some workloads benefit more from per-core clock speeds than having more cores, so the quad core CPU in the 9370 is not always an upgrade compared to the 9360.