Is MySQL 5.6 multithreaded?

Is MySQL single threaded or multithreaded?

MySQL is fully multithreaded, and makes use of all CPUs made available to it. Not all CPUs may be available; modern operating systems should be able to utilize all underlying CPUs, but also make it possible to restrict a process to a specific CPU or sets of CPUs.

Is MySQL 5.6 outdated?

MySQL 5.6 has reached its EOL in February 2021, and we recommend that you start to plan migrating to MySQL 8.0. The latest version of MySQL is supported until April 2026 and keeps your database features up to date with continuously receiving updates and fixes, especially the security patches.

Which is faster 5.6 or 5.7 MySQL?

MySQL 5.6 is a different story – it outperforms 5.7 up to 120 threads. After that 120 threads, MySQL 5.7 again scales much better, and it can maintain throughput to all 1000 threads. The above results are on a system where the client and server use the same server.

Does MySQL use multiple cores?

Does MySQL 5.7 work with multi-core processors? Yes. MySQL is fully multithreaded, and makes use of all CPUs made available to it.