In this article, we will see how to find number of CPU cores on Windows operating system with different methods.
We can obtain cpu cores information by running any of below commands.
A physical core is an actual physical processor core in your CPU. A logical core (also known as logical processors) is more of a programming abstraction than an actual physical entity.
Find number of CPU cores on Windows
We can CPU cores using below ones:
1. Performance Tab in Task Manager
2. msinfo32
3. using WMIC command
4. Using CPU-Z third party software.
1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. Select the Performance tab.
2. Windows(button)+R from your keyboard and search msinfo32
3. Run below command in the command prompt.
WMIC CPU Get DeviceID,NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessors
4. Download the CPU-Z tool from https://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/cpu-z_2.03-en.exe and install it. Once installation is completed, open the tool.
