How Many Cores Do AMD FX Processors *Actually* Have?

- It's been under heated debate for years: How many cores do AMD FX processors *actually* have? The content in this video gets very technical, so I invite you to pause and rewind segments that you many have subconsciously brushed-over. This was interesting to learn, and I hope you're able to pull something out of this as well.

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[Pedro-jeon]

so bulldozer shares and sandy bridge is selfish

[maxdpt]

This is honestly my favorite channel for crash courses. Like everything, EVERTHING is explained to the tiniest detail. PLUS you make it understandable with some visual effects. I truly love your content, continue like this!

[Keldrath]

"While I'm about to graduate with a degree in engineering, I am eons away from being able to explain these without thorough and extensive research beforehand." I'm not sure that ever really changes much.

[TheKimKyng]

may i know which field in engineering you took? Thanks :D

[particlestudiosio]

Just curious, what specific field engineering are you majoring in?

[rollercoaster]

Okay this channel grew to be one of the most interesting tech channels on YouTube! Keep up the good videos :)

[samuelmartineau-lepine]

I've read about this a while back but you explained and simplified it very well! I think you should start a small serie where you would explain how the different parts of computers work (no need to go in depth, just the basics).

As always great video they're very appreciated!

[coldplay]

Slowly becoming my favorite tech youtuber

[TheNightquaker]

This is a great video, Greg. Excellent explanation.
The 8-core FX performance, due to the shared FPU, is approximately 150% to 180% higher compared to a 4-core CPU with one FPU for each core. So the bottleneck is surprisingly not that severe.

[asm_nop]

So to oversimplify everything, the 2700k has 4 cores with 2 threads per core, but AMD has 4 pairs of conjoined cores. intel has 4 cores trying miserably to pretend they are 8 threads, and AMD has 8 cores that are kneecapped into performing more like 4 cores. so both perform more like they have 6 cores and 6 threads

[GayNeekOG]

Interesting.... It seems AMD over the years have made bad bets a lot with where technology is going... Either being entirely wrong(this CPU stuff) and too much thinking ahead(Async for example)....

[NayoofXx]

Don't stop please i'm ENJOYING YOUR VIDEOS!!

[CristalCody]

So basically AMD CPUs can't operate as they intended because OS adapted intel way of doings things as standard. So either AMD has to beg for support or do the same thing that intel does? Kinda feels unfair. Ofc if i understood everything correctly.

[SicSemperBeats]

lol he found an actual sandy bridge, I love this guy hehe

[skulcandykid]

This was the best technical explanation I have yet heard and seen about the differences with both CPU brands!

[Seralious]

So how about the "8 core" processors found in the PS4/Xbox One? 2 logical per physical as well?

[jeffgrice]

fantastic content, awesome delivery, clean and tasteful video editing. great channel, subbed

[fact]

I'd personally love a long ass video where you at least attempt to explain the "architectural differences between the platforms" with loads of references/mini-lessons. It seems like you've got a knack for explaining things clearly so maybe you could challenge yourself and have a go at it thereby enlightening everyone much like how you did in this video. Idk how many views that kind of video would get considering it seems like there's a lot to be discussed but who knows it might make a great reference to anyone who YouTube searches "CPU architecture" (if that happens to be a wildly searched entry; I personally wouldn't know). Great content. Keep it up.

[DarkDragoon]

Even though I didn't exactly FULLY agree on your i3 6100 vs. i5 6400 assessment (comparing them at a crazy overclock at the same clock speed rather than their stock frequencies), THIS is probably the most accurate and informative video I've seen of yours to date. Excellent work! And congratulations on your channel's growth as of late.

[mentalplayground]

love it. please do more in-depth videos