What does 12 computer cores 4c+8G mean?

[Dweller Dark]

My laptop shows this under CPU type and I have no clue what it means.

[Omega]

4 CPU cores, 8 Graphical cores.

[Dweller Dark]

Okay, and what are cores?

[B-o-B]

https://www.google.com/
A core is part of a CPU that receives instructions and performs calculations, or actions, based on those instructions. A set of instructions can allow a software program perform a specific function. Processors can have a single core or multiple cores.

[Dweller Dark]

So, more cores makes the CPU faster/more powerful?

[Omega]

Originally posted by Saven:

So, more cores makes the CPU faster/more powerful?

Yes and no.

Applications actually need to be able to use these cores.

And with these older AMD CPUs AMD used some misleading marketing, the cores in these older Bulldozer-based CPUs are not true indepenent cores. They are set up in pairs (modules) which share a floating point unit and some other stuff. I would compare this more to Hyper Threading.

[Eldin]

Originally posted by Saven:

So, more cores makes the CPU faster/more powerful?

YouTube™ Video: How Do CPUs Use Multiple Cores? 

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A common piece of advice for PC gamers is that you don't need tons of cores - but why are games often unable to take advantage of CPUs with many cores in the first place?