diff --git a/pkg/server/status/recorder.go b/pkg/server/status/recorder.go
index e9fe756d83a5..551ae53a638d 100644
--- a/pkg/server/status/recorder.go
+++ b/pkg/server/status/recorder.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ func (mr *MetricsRecorder) GenerateNodeStatus(ctx context.Context) *NodeStatus {
 		Args:          os.Args,
 		Env:           envutil.GetEnvVarsUsed(),
 		Activity:      activity,
+		NumCpus:       int32(runtime.NumCPU()),
 	}
 
 	// If the cluster hasn't yet been definitively moved past the network stats
diff --git a/pkg/server/status/status.pb.go b/pkg/server/status/status.pb.go
index d0cbd365961b..7ba7742aa2fd 100644
--- a/pkg/server/status/status.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/server/status/status.pb.go
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ type NodeStatus struct {
 	// activity is a map of nodeIDs to network statistics from this node
 	// to other nodes.
 	Activity map[github_com_cockroachdb_cockroach_pkg_roachpb.NodeID]NodeStatus_NetworkActivity `protobuf:"bytes,10,rep,name=activity,castkey=github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb.NodeID" json:"activity" protobuf_key:"varint,1,opt,name=key,proto3" protobuf_val:"bytes,2,opt,name=value"`
+	// num_cpus is the number of logical CPUs on this machine.
+	NumCpus int32 `protobuf:"varint,11,opt,name=num_cpus,json=numCpus,proto3" json:"num_cpus,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *NodeStatus) Reset()                    { *m = NodeStatus{} }
@@ -346,6 +348,11 @@ func (m *NodeStatus) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 			i += n4
 		}
 	}
+	if m.NumCpus != 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0x58
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintStatus(dAtA, i, uint64(m.NumCpus))
+	}
 	return i, nil
 }
 
@@ -533,6 +540,9 @@ func (m *NodeStatus) Size() (n int) {
 			n += mapEntrySize + 1 + sovStatus(uint64(mapEntrySize))
 		}
 	}
+	if m.NumCpus != 0 {
+		n += 1 + sovStatus(uint64(m.NumCpus))
+	}
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -1299,6 +1309,25 @@ func (m *NodeStatus) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			}
 			m.Activity[github_com_cockroachdb_cockroach_pkg_roachpb.NodeID(mapkey)] = *mapvalue
 			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 11:
+			if wireType != 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field NumCpus", wireType)
+			}
+			m.NumCpus = 0
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowStatus
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				m.NumCpus |= (int32(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipStatus(dAtA[iNdEx:])
@@ -1744,52 +1773,54 @@ var (
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("server/status/status.proto", fileDescriptorStatus) }
 
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diff --git a/pkg/server/status/status.proto b/pkg/server/status/status.proto
index ee3952817579..16c9514faea6 100644
--- a/pkg/server/status/status.proto
+++ b/pkg/server/status/status.proto
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ message NodeStatus {
     (gogoproto.nullable) = false,
     (gogoproto.castkey) = "github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb.NodeID"
   ];
+  // num_cpus is the number of logical CPUs on this machine.
+  int32 num_cpus = 11;
 }
 
 // A HealthAlert is an undesired condition detected by a server which should be
diff --git a/pkg/ui/src/views/cluster/containers/nodesOverview/index.tsx b/pkg/ui/src/views/cluster/containers/nodesOverview/index.tsx
index 7c302817f8dd..dcc279034beb 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/src/views/cluster/containers/nodesOverview/index.tsx
+++ b/pkg/ui/src/views/cluster/containers/nodesOverview/index.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ class LiveNodeList extends React.Component<NodeCategoryListProps, {}> {
               cell: (ns) => `n${ns.desc.node_id}`,
               sort: (ns) => ns.desc.node_id,
             },
+            {
+              title: "CPUs",
+              cell: (ns) => ns.num_cpus,
+            },
             // Node address column - displays the node address, links to the
             // node-specific page for this node.
             {