hey i was just wondering that i have 2 or 4 core cpu because in notebookcheck.net i have i5 480m in notebook check it says it have 2 or 4 some gadgets on windows 7 or programs i have tried 3 2 says i got 4 cores and 1 says i got 2. does anyone know any programs that shows cores. srry for bad english

Try this out buddy http://www.cpuid.com/. This tool is espacially for anolysing CPUs . (and its free)

The Intel Core i5 480m is a dual-core CPU, so you have 2 cores.

The reason some gadgets -and why you probably got confused- is that each core supports up to 2 threads thanks to the Hyperthreading technology, which would make your processor support up to 4 threads simultanously, similar to the Core 2 Quads.


Mod Edit: Please don't post a signature in your posts.

The i5 480m is a dual core processor - 2 physical cores, 2 virtual (due to hyperthreading).

2 physical cores is what's important hardware wise, think of the 2 virtual as a nice benefit.