The Ryzen 7 2700X CPU in this PC has 8 cores and 16 threads (“logical processors”). That’s all you have to do to find out your core count.

Learn how to find number of CPU cores and threads in Windows 11/10 using System Information, PowerShell, CMD, Device Manager, Task Manager.

CPU innovation used to be the driving force in desktop PCs, and at one point it seemed as though the frequency race would be overtaken by a sprint to deliver as many cores and threads as possible ...

We'd imagine plenty of HEXUS readers went ahead and upped their core/thread count in recent years, so let's see where we're at by asking: how many cores does your desktop CPU have?