Thread: Multicore processor
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Old 10-31-2017, 12:45 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
When counting cores it should be mentioned that some multicore devices count the graphics processor and the CPU as a multicore, particularly on eBook readers.
This could explain why in the ARM world you see from benchmarks that supposed quad-core behave like tri-core (e.g., Geekbench3 values for the rk3188, 490 single 1200 multi).

Another peculiarity apparent with benchmarks are the multi-cpu boards: sold as "hexa-cores", very inconsistent results after you run the benchmark multiple times reveal that the active CPU is chosen pretty unpredictably: sometimes the dual-core CPU "A" is working, sometimes the quad-core CPU "B" is.

Dale, do you have examples?
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