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Does the intel Xeon E5520 have 8 threads ?

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:22 pm
by martgreg
Will a dual cpu set of these processors have 16 threads ?

will it show on the task manager?

I know it has four cores but i thought they were hypethreaded?

Re: Does the intel Xeon E5520 have 8 threads ?

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:37 am
by ivox3
I say yes it will... ie., show 16 threads.

Re: Does the intel Xeon E5520 have 8 threads ?

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:30 am
by martgreg
that is what i thought.....

my new comp at work only showed 8 ...

when i get it set up we will find out


thanks ivox3 :)

Re: Does the intel Xeon E5520 have 8 threads ?

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:14 am
by numerobis
hyperthreading disabled in bios?!?

Re: Does the intel Xeon E5520 have 8 threads ?

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:26 pm
by martgreg
yep that was it !!!

hyper threading was off


thanks

Re: Does the intel Xeon E5520 have 8 threads ?

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:58 pm
by ivox3
Nice .. nothing like having an extra 8 threads just show up. :lol: