i7 and number of cores
Posted: 13. Jul 2009, 04:01
Hi All,
The i7 processor has 4 cores and 8 virtual (Hyperthreaded) cores. When I tell virtual box to use 2 cores on my guest, what am I actually telling Virtual Box to do?
1) give 2 real cores to the guest?
or
2) give 1 core as 2 virtual cores?
or
3) give give 1 virtual core from a real core and a second virtual core from a different real core for a total of two?
Many thanks,
-T
The i7 processor has 4 cores and 8 virtual (Hyperthreaded) cores. When I tell virtual box to use 2 cores on my guest, what am I actually telling Virtual Box to do?
1) give 2 real cores to the guest?
or
2) give 1 core as 2 virtual cores?
or
3) give give 1 virtual core from a real core and a second virtual core from a different real core for a total of two?
Many thanks,
-T