Multithreading

[TkSilver]

There are no Octacore Snapdragon processors. What the SD 617 (the processor in your ZTE ZMax Pro) is/is 2 quad core processors that work kinda together/kinda not, to deliver more battery life not more performance.

Or an easier way of looking at cellphone octa/hex cores (not all since there are a few actual ones) is a processor with a higher but less efficent (power and heat wise) turbo clock. Basically the device will look to use the slower more efficient cores for every task it can until it becomes more power and heat efficent to do the task a little faster in exchange for more upfront energy cost to save as much battery as possible.