PC has 6 processors but shows 12 in task manager

Question

This command:

WMIC CPU Get /Format:List

says that the machine has 6 cores, yet looking at the CPU Usage History in the Task Manager, there are 12 windows, not 6.

Why the discrepancy?

HP z600 - Windows 7

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Which CPU is installed in the machine? What does that same command list for "NumberOfLogicalProcessors"? — Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, Apr 08 '15 at 15:14
What is the result of: `wmic cpu get name` Do you have more than one physical CPU? — Austin T French, Apr 08 '15 at 16:13
Well, for the record: It's not Hyper-Threading (present, but probably disabled). There are simply two six-core CPUs. — Daniel B, Aug 13 '16 at 21:41

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 08 '15 at 14:48

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This could be a result of HyperThreading, where there are multiple virtual cores per each physical CPU core.

answered Apr 08 '15 at 14:48

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '15 at 14:55

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wmic cpu get numberoflogicalprocessors

That will return your logical processors. This includes HyperThreading on Intel processors.

If you want Physical cores (including multiple processor setups you can use:

wmic cpu get numberofcores

Windows Task Manager (At least through Windows 7) will show logical cores, not physical cores. This is because the Operating System treats all logical processors the same in its task scheduling.

answered Apr 08 '15 at 14:55

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Both of these commands return: 6 6 – Al Lelopath Apr 08 '15 at 14:57
`both return: ` ? – Austin T French Apr 08 '15 at 14:58
Added screenshot to show command results – Al Lelopath Apr 08 '15 at 15:26

PC has 6 processors but shows 12 in task manager

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