diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b049066a0a1..09eefa60fb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## 8.3.2
 
+### Features
+
+- Add CPU core count in device context (#2814)
+
 ### Fixes
 
 - Updating AppHang state on main thread (#2793)
diff --git a/Sources/Sentry/SentryClient.m b/Sources/Sentry/SentryClient.m
index 03145d8467e..c9c962a3d17 100644
--- a/Sources/Sentry/SentryClient.m
+++ b/Sources/Sentry/SentryClient.m
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #import "SentryMessage.h"
 #import "SentryMeta.h"
 #import "SentryNSError.h"
+#import "SentryNSProcessInfoWrapper.h"
 #import "SentryOptions+Private.h"
 #import "SentrySDK+Private.h"
 #import "SentryScope+Private.h"
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
 @property (nonatomic, strong) SentryUIDeviceWrapper *deviceWrapper;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSLocale *locale;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSTimeZone *timezone;
+@property (nonatomic, strong) SentryNSProcessInfoWrapper *processInfoWrapper;
 
 @end
 
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithOptions:(SentryOptions *)options
         self.timezone = timezone;
         self.attachmentProcessors = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
         self.deviceWrapper = deviceWrapper;
+        self.processInfoWrapper = [[SentryNSProcessInfoWrapper alloc] init];
 
         if (deleteOldEnvelopeItems) {
             [fileManager deleteOldEnvelopeItems];
@@ -794,6 +797,7 @@ - (void)applyExtraDeviceContextToEvent:(SentryEvent *)event
                 block:^(NSMutableDictionary *device) {
                     device[SentryDeviceContextFreeMemoryKey] = @(self.crashWrapper.freeMemorySize);
                     device[@"free_storage"] = @(self.crashWrapper.freeStorageSize);
+                    device[@"processor_count"] = @([self.processInfoWrapper processorCount]);
 
 #if TARGET_OS_IOS
                     if (self.deviceWrapper.orientation != UIDeviceOrientationUnknown) {
diff --git a/Tests/SentryTests/SentryClientTests.swift b/Tests/SentryTests/SentryClientTests.swift
index bca1f80c621..4d91e2d19c1 100644
--- a/Tests/SentryTests/SentryClientTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SentryTests/SentryClientTests.swift
@@ -607,9 +607,14 @@ class SentryClientTest: XCTestCase {
         }
     }
 
-    func testCaptureEvent_AddCurrentMemoryAndStorage() {
+    func testCaptureEvent_AddCurrentMemoryStorageAndCPUCoreCount() {
 
-        fixture.getSut().capture(event: TestData.event)
+        let sut = fixture.getSut()
+        let testProcessWrapper = TestSentryNSProcessInfoWrapper()
+        testProcessWrapper.overrides.processorCount = 12
+        Dynamic(sut).processInfoWrapper = testProcessWrapper
+
+        sut.capture(event: TestData.event)
 
         assertLastSentEvent { actual in
             let eventFreeMemory = actual.context?["device"]?[SentryDeviceContextFreeMemoryKey] as? Int
@@ -620,6 +625,9 @@ class SentryClientTest: XCTestCase {
 
             let eventFreeStorage = actual.context?["device"]?["free_storage"] as? Int
             XCTAssertEqual(eventFreeStorage, 345_678)
+
+            let cpuCoreCount = actual.context?["device"]?["processor_count"] as? UInt
+            XCTAssertEqual(testProcessWrapper.processorCount, cpuCoreCount)
         }
     }