The CPU Deep Dive
- Some computers have two or four CPUs
- All CPUs must be identical
- Practically, this just adds more cores/threads
- Most consumer CPUs have 6-24 cores, with some up to 64
- Server CPUs tend to have more cores than consumer and range up to 96 cores
- They usually require special RAM
- An enterprising consumer can buy a server CPU if they want to
- Historically AMD have had offerings with more cores than Intel, but Intel scores better on single-threaded benchmarks than AMD
- Apple M series processors are blowing past these in some specific workflows