How to know the number of cores of my pc

A few days ago we explained that they are the cores of a processor. Today we teach you how to know the number of cores of your computer easily and without the need to be an engineer?

Let's start!

We will see how to know the number of cores that our PC has in four different ways: one as a common user, another as an advanced user, a programmer user and using a Windows command.

How to know the number of cores of my PC from Windows

As a PC user, you can obtain this data by simultaneously pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc. With this, the Task Manager will open.

Click on "Performance" at the top and from there you will see the graphics about the logical cores and processors that your PC has.

The number of processors (number of CPUs) that a computer has is labeled "sockets".

Another way to find out is to simply Google the name of the processor to see its specifications on some website. Or directly, find the official information on the manufacturer's website, such as AMD or Intel.

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Common user from Mac

1. Click on the Apple logo in the upper left corner of the screen. Click on "About This Mac" and see how many cores your CPU has.

From external software

Instead of using the Task Manager, you can find more information when you use a program called "CPUz".

Once you run it, two numbers labeled “cores” and “threads” will appear at the bottom right.

Programmer user

To find out the number of threads (not cores) that a processor has, you can write something like this (in java code):

int threadCount = Runtime.getRuntime (). availableProcessors ();

This will give you an integer variable called "threadCount". For example, in case you have 6 cores, the tag "threadCount" will have a value of 6.

Using the Windows MSInfo32.exe Command

If you are on a Windows system you can press the Win + R keys to open the Run dialog box.

From there, write:

msinfo32.exe

And click "Accept".

When the "System Information" window loads, make sure you have "System Summary" selected and look at the "Processor" field. This will list both the number of cores for each physical CPU and the total number of logical processors.

This total number of logical processors is the number of physical CPUs multiplied by the number of cores per CPU.