> because the math co-processor was deactivated on the same chip I don't know if this is true of your specific example but modern CPUs SKUs that are differenti

> because the math co-processor was deactivated on the same chip I don't know if this is true of your specific example but modern CPUs SKUs that are differentiated by core count do the same thing except they disable those extra cores because they are faulty but will disable a working core to make a quota.