Does the Activity monitor on a M1 based Mac show 4 cores or 8?

Apple keeps calling it a 8 core design, but I think unlike other designs, with 8 symmetrical cores, it has either 4 high performance cores OR 4 high efficiency cores, but never uses all 8 at once. And if it shows 8 threads or 4 threads only indicating a lack of hyper-threading. Anybody with a M1 based Mac care to share what they see in Activity Monitor?

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Jan 1, 2021 7:30 PM

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Does the Activity monitor on a M1 based Mac show 4 cores or 8?

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