How to check processor cores in windows

Open Settings and click on the System tab. On the next screen, scroll down and click on About in the left pane. In the right-pane, you will be able to see the Processor Make, Model and Speed. Right-click on the Start button and click on Run. In the Run Command window, type msinfo On System Information screen, scroll down in the right-pane, till you see information about the Processor on your computer.

Select the Control Panel. Select System. Some users will have to select System and Security, and then select System from the next window. Select the General tab. Here you can find your processor type and speed, its amount of memory or RAM , and your operating system. A set of standards or baseline measurements are used to compare the performance of different systems using the same methods and circumstances.

Each physical core has its own circuitry and its own L1 and usually L2 cache can read and execute instructions separately for the most part from the other physical cores on the chip.

A CPU with two physical cores is called a dual-core processor and four physical cores is called a quad-core processor. A logical core also known as logical processors is more of a programming abstraction than an actual physical entity. Logical cores are the abilities of a single physical core to run multiple tasks or threads simultaneously.

For example, if you have a quad core CPU and each of its physical cores can run two threads at a time, then you have 8 logical cores. Go to the Performance tab and select CPU from the left column.