M8S Plus Quad Core?

[MyDogJosh]

I just got the M8S Plus quad core. I am enjoying it a lot but is it working as it should be.

When running Kodi, if I go to the Settings and System information, I can only see two cores working.

Is this usual? Will I only see 4 cores running if I use the box for something other than Exodus movie streaming, such running a 4K video, for instance?

Thanks

 

[mikedt]

Is it playing the videos OK and smoothly, without skipping and lagging? If so then it's working correctly. It will likely only use as many cores as it needs to do whatever it does.

 

[MyDogJosh]

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Is it playing the videos OK and smoothly, without skipping and lagging? If so then it's working correctly. It will likely only use as many cores as it needs to do whatever it does.

it actually plays streams superbly. I'm sure you are correct, I just wanted a second opinion. Thanks

 

[Andrew Cole]

The 'quad core' epithet is a bit of a misnomer as the cores are not the same and they do different things at different times.

For example; an 'octacore' smartphone (like the Huawei P9 Lite) has eight cores - four are more powerful than the other four which are dedicated to more demanding jobs. They are not all used at the same time.

These CPUs are NOT the same as Intel and AMD CPUs which have equal power in each core and divide and conquer their processing duties.

In short - your device is working correctly.

 

[MyDogJosh]

The 'quad core' epithet is a bit of a misnomer as the cores are not the same and they do different things at different times.

For example; an 'octacore' smartphone (like the Huawei P9 Lite) has eight cores - four are more powerful than the other four which are dedicated to more demanding jobs. They are not all used at the same time.

These CPUs are NOT the same as Intel and AMD CPUs which have equal power in each core and divide and conquer their processing duties.

In short - your device is working correctly.

Thank you for verifying that for me