Number of cells seems right, but number of sockets is definitely wrong. OS: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic Most updated versions of all related packages as of May 26, 2015. root@vm0:/media/scripts/vm# virsh capabilities 00000000-0000-0000-0000-0cc47a4c5e42 x86_64 SandyBridge Intel tcp 131928440 132117356 apparmor 0 dac 0 +106:+106 +106:+106 hvm 32 /usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 pc pc-0.12 pc-1.3 pc-q35-1.6 pc-1.0-precise pc-q35-1.5 xenpv pc-i440fx-1.6 pc-i440fx-1.7 pc-0.11 pc-0.10 pc-1.2 isapc pc-q35-1.4 xenfv pc-0.15 pc-0.14 pc-i440fx-1.5 q35 pc-i440fx-1.4 pc-1.1 pc-q35-1.7 pc-1.0-qemu-kvm pc-i440fx-2.0 pc-0.13 /usr/bin/kvm-spice pc pc-1.3 pc-0.12 pc-q35-1.6 pc-1.0-precise pc-q35-1.5 xenpv pc-i440fx-1.6 pc-i440fx-1.7 pc-0.11 pc-1.2 pc-0.10 isapc pc-q35-1.4 xenfv pc-0.15 pc-0.14 pc-i440fx-1.5 pc-i440fx-1.4 q35 pc-1.1 pc-q35-1.7 pc-1.0-qemu-kvm pc-i440fx-2.0 pc-0.13 hvm 64 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 pc pc-1.3 pc-0.12 pc-q35-1.6 pc-1.0-precise pc-q35-1.5 xenpv pc-i440fx-1.6 pc-i440fx-1.7 pc-0.11 pc-1.2 pc-0.10 isapc pc-q35-1.4 xenfv pc-0.15 pc-0.14 pc-i440fx-1.5 pc-i440fx-1.4 q35 pc-1.1 pc-q35-1.7 pc-1.0-qemu-kvm pc-i440fx-2.0 pc-0.13 /usr/bin/kvm-spice pc pc-1.3 pc-0.12 pc-q35-1.6 pc-1.0-precise pc-q35-1.5 xenpv pc-i440fx-1.6 pc-i440fx-1.7 pc-0.11 pc-1.2 pc-0.10 isapc pc-q35-1.4 xenfv pc-0.15 pc-0.14 pc-i440fx-1.5 pc-i440fx-1.4 q35 pc-1.1 pc-q35-1.7 pc-1.0-qemu-kvm pc-i440fx-2.0 pc-0.13 root@vm0:/media/scripts/vm# virsh nodeinfo CPU model: x86_64 CPU(s): 48 CPU frequency: 1590 MHz CPU socket(s): 1 Core(s) per socket: 12 Thread(s) per core: 2 NUMA cell(s): 2 Memory size: 264045796 KiB root@vm0:/media/scripts/vm# numactl -H available: 2 nodes (0-1) node 0 cpus: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 node 0 size: 128836 MB node 0 free: 127447 MB node 1 cpus: 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 node 1 size: 129020 MB node 1 free: 127764 MB node distances: node 0 1 0: 10 21 1: 21 10