POWER CPU cores typically have N-way hardware threads, like 8 or so usually. So you're probably looking at something closer to 32 hardware threads per socket. T

POWER CPU cores typically have N-way hardware threads, like 8 or so usually. So you're probably looking at something closer to 32 hardware threads per socket. The original Talos offered 12 core variants (96 per socket!) but had no dual socket config. Also, the memory bandwidth and cache on these things is insane even compared to top of the line, absolute highest-end Xeons, so there are many factors besides raw CPU count. I don't know if those numbers are upped with a POWER9 CPUs (I wasn't even sure if POWER9 was really shipping yet?)