What are the characteristics of multi-threaded CPUs (e.g. using Intel's Hyper-Threading) compared multi-core CPUs?

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Multi-threaded CPU uses much more chip area than the multi-core equivalent.

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Multi-threaded CPU performance gain is achieved by utilizing chip area more efficiently than in multi-core implementations.

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Multi-threaded CPU uses much less chip area than the multi-core equivalent.

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The hardware resources are utilized more efficiently in the multi-threaded CPUs than in regular multi-core implementations.

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