HereMiniToolwill offer multiple ways to help you tell how many cores you have and now lets keep reading.
A CPU core refers to a CPUs processor.
What are GPU and CPU?
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Whats the difference between GPU and CPU?
Now, you might know much information on CPU vs GPU from this post.
Now it is common to find 6 or 8 cores on a CPU.

In the future, its much more than that.
A core can do a task and another core handles another task.
The more cores the CPU has, the more efficient it is.

Well then, you may ask: how many cores does my CPU have?
Here are some ways for you to find out.
10 Ways for You!

Step 2: After opening theSystem Informationwindow, look for theProcessorsection and you could see the core information.
Run PowerShell
How to see how many cores you have via PowerShell?
Step 2: Typewmic cpu get NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessorsand pressEnter.
Open BIOS
Besides, you’re able to know how many cores you have via BIOS.
Step 2: Look for a page that shows the information about your processor including the core number.
Depending on different motherboard suppliers, this page has different names.
Use a Third-Party App
The latest way is to ask a piece of third-party software for help.
The app should be specialized in gathering information about your system.
With it, you might easily how to many cores your CPU has.
Here, CPU-Z, Speccy, etc.
Just follow these methods mentioned above to easily tell how many cores you have.