# love.system.getProcessorCount

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Gets the number of CPU cores in the system.

## Function

### Synopsis

    cores = love.system.getProcessorCount( )

### Arguments

None.

### Returns

`number cores`
  The number of CPU cores.

## Notes

The number includes the threads reported if technologies such as Intel's Hyper-threading are enabled. For example, on a 4-core CPU with Hyper-threading, this function will return 8.

## See Also

- love.system
- love.thread.newThread

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Category:

- Functions