diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_android_SystemStats.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_android_SystemStats.cpp
index 2a5cfee9e9..c37703b271 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_android_SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_android_SystemStats.cpp
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ String SystemStats::getDisplayLanguage() { return getUserLanguage() + "-" + getU
 //==============================================================================
 void CPUInformation::initialise() noexcept
 {
-    numCpus = jmax ((int) 1, (int) sysconf (_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN));
+    numPhysicalCPUs = numLogicalCPUs = jmax ((int) 1, (int) sysconf (_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN));
 }
 
 //==============================================================================
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_linux_SystemStats.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_linux_SystemStats.cpp
index af8d6e1d91..b4245630ef 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_linux_SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_linux_SystemStats.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,13 @@ void CPUInformation::initialise() noexcept
     hasAVX   = flags.contains ("avx");
     hasAVX2  = flags.contains ("avx2");
 
-    numCpus = getCpuInfo ("processor").getIntValue() + 1;
+    numLogicalCPUs  = getCpuInfo ("processor").getIntValue() + 1;
+
+    // Assume CPUs in all sockets have the same number of cores
+    numPhysicalCPUs = getCpuInfo ("cpu cores").getIntValue() * (getCpuInfo ("physical id").getIntValue() + 1);
+
+    if (numPhysicalCpus <= 0)
+        numPhysicalCpus = numLogicalCPUs;
 }
 
 //==============================================================================
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_SystemStats.mm b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_SystemStats.mm
index 83dec374e0..cdf1d8d741 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_SystemStats.mm
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_mac_SystemStats.mm
@@ -91,7 +91,16 @@ void CPUInformation::initialise() noexcept
     hasAVX2  = (b & (1u <<  5)) != 0;
    #endif
 
-    numCpus = (int) [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] activeProcessorCount];
+    numLogicalCPUs = (int) [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] activeProcessorCount];
+
+    unsigned int physicalcpu = 0;
+    size_t len = sizeof (physicalcpu);
+
+    if (sysctlbyname ("hw.physicalcpu", &physicalcpu, &len, nullptr, 0) >= 0)
+        numPhysicalCPUs = (int) physicalcpu;
+
+    if (numPhysicalCPUs <= 0)
+        numPhysicalCPUs = numLogicalCPUs;
 }
 
 //==============================================================================
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_SystemStats.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_SystemStats.cpp
index c8328e2685..e7ad563f62 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_SystemStats.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ String SystemStats::getCpuModel()
     return String (name).trim();
 }
 
+static int findNumberOfPhysicalCores() noexcept
+{
+    int numPhysicalCores = 0;
+    DWORD bufferSize = 0;
+
+    if (GetLogicalProcessorInformation (nullptr, &bufferSize))
+    {
+        const size_t numBuffers = (size_t) (bufferSize / sizeof (SYSTEM_LOGICAL_PROCESSOR_INFORMATION));
+        HeapBlock<SYSTEM_LOGICAL_PROCESSOR_INFORMATION> buffer (numBuffers);
+
+        if (GetLogicalProcessorInformation (buffer, &bufferSize))
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < numBuffers; ++i)
+                if (buffer[i].Relationship == RelationProcessorCore)
+                    ++numPhysicalCores;
+    }
+
+    return numPhysicalCores;
+}
+
 //==============================================================================
 void CPUInformation::initialise() noexcept
 {
@@ -126,7 +145,11 @@ void CPUInformation::initialise() noexcept
 
     SYSTEM_INFO systemInfo;
     GetNativeSystemInfo (&systemInfo);
-    numCpus = (int) systemInfo.dwNumberOfProcessors;
+    numLogicalCPUs  = (int) systemInfo.dwNumberOfProcessors;
+    numPhysicalCPUs = findNumberOfPhysicalCores();
+
+    if (numPhysicalCPUs <= 0)
+        numPhysicalCPUs = numLogicalCPUs;
 }
 
 #if JUCE_MSVC && JUCE_CHECK_MEMORY_LEAKS
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
index cd43dcb0e4..1dc8bde385 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.cpp
@@ -67,19 +67,15 @@ String SystemStats::getJUCEVersion()
 //==============================================================================
 struct CPUInformation
 {
-    CPUInformation() noexcept
-        : numCpus (0), hasMMX (false), hasSSE (false),
-          hasSSE2 (false), hasSSE3 (false), has3DNow (false),
-          hasSSSE3 (false), hasSSE41 (false), hasSSE42 (false),
-          hasAVX (false), hasAVX2 (false)
-    {
-        initialise();
-    }
+    CPUInformation() noexcept    { initialise(); }
 
     void initialise() noexcept;
 
-    int numCpus;
-    bool hasMMX, hasSSE, hasSSE2, hasSSE3, has3DNow, hasSSSE3, hasSSE41, hasSSE42, hasAVX, hasAVX2;
+    int numLogicalCPUs = 0, numPhysicalCPUs = 0;
+
+    bool hasMMX = false, hasSSE = false, hasSSE2 = false, hasSSE3 = false,
+         has3DNow = false, hasSSSE3 = false, hasSSE41 = false,
+         hasSSE42 = false, hasAVX = false, hasAVX2 = false;
 };
 
 static const CPUInformation& getCPUInformation() noexcept
@@ -88,17 +84,18 @@ static const CPUInformation& getCPUInformation() noexcept
     return info;
 }
 
-int SystemStats::getNumCpus() noexcept        { return getCPUInformation().numCpus; }
-bool SystemStats::hasMMX() noexcept           { return getCPUInformation().hasMMX; }
-bool SystemStats::has3DNow() noexcept         { return getCPUInformation().has3DNow; }
-bool SystemStats::hasSSE() noexcept           { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE; }
-bool SystemStats::hasSSE2() noexcept          { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE2; }
-bool SystemStats::hasSSE3() noexcept          { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE3; }
-bool SystemStats::hasSSSE3() noexcept         { return getCPUInformation().hasSSSE3; }
-bool SystemStats::hasSSE41() noexcept         { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE41; }
-bool SystemStats::hasSSE42() noexcept         { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE42; }
-bool SystemStats::hasAVX() noexcept           { return getCPUInformation().hasAVX; }
-bool SystemStats::hasAVX2() noexcept          { return getCPUInformation().hasAVX2; }
+int SystemStats::getNumCpus() noexcept          { return getCPUInformation().numLogicalCPUs; }
+int SystemStats::getNumPhysicalCpus() noexcept  { return getCPUInformation().numPhysicalCPUs; }
+bool SystemStats::hasMMX() noexcept             { return getCPUInformation().hasMMX; }
+bool SystemStats::has3DNow() noexcept           { return getCPUInformation().has3DNow; }
+bool SystemStats::hasSSE() noexcept             { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE; }
+bool SystemStats::hasSSE2() noexcept            { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE2; }
+bool SystemStats::hasSSE3() noexcept            { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE3; }
+bool SystemStats::hasSSSE3() noexcept           { return getCPUInformation().hasSSSE3; }
+bool SystemStats::hasSSE41() noexcept           { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE41; }
+bool SystemStats::hasSSE42() noexcept           { return getCPUInformation().hasSSE42; }
+bool SystemStats::hasAVX() noexcept             { return getCPUInformation().hasAVX; }
+bool SystemStats::hasAVX2() noexcept            { return getCPUInformation().hasAVX2; }
 
 
 //==============================================================================
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.h b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.h
index b4b99c63d1..6f29412b0d 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_SystemStats.h
@@ -140,9 +140,12 @@ public:
     //==============================================================================
     // CPU and memory information..
 
-    /** Returns the number of CPU cores. */
+    /** Returns the number of logical CPU cores. */
     static int getNumCpus() noexcept;
 
+    /** Returns the number of physical CPU cores. */
+    static int getNumPhysicalCpus() noexcept;
+
     /** Returns the approximate CPU speed.
         @returns    the speed in megahertz, e.g. 1500, 2500, 32000 (depending on
                     what year you're reading this...)