What is the num of NUMA nodes for MAXDOP calculation when there is discrepancy between various ways to count the NUMA nodes?

Querying the dm_os_performance_counters shows that I have **2** NUMA nodes: select * from sys.dm_os_performance_counters where object_name = 'SQLServer:Buffer Node' and counter_name = 'Page life expectancy' Querying the **sys.dm_os_sys_info** shows: Numa node count 4 CPU count 24 Softnumae_configuration 1 Socket_count 24 Cores per socket 1 Where as when I right click on **SQL server properties**, click on Processors it shows 2 NUMA nodes, each with 12 CPUs. **SQL error log**: SQL Server detected 24 sockets with 1 cores per socket and 1 logical processors per socket. 24 total logical processors. Automatic soft-NUMA was enabled because SQL server has detected hardware NUMA nodes with greater than 8 physical cores. So what is the final value of NUMA and CPUs? I am asking because it is recommended to have the MAX DOP configured based on the number of NUMA nodes and the processors per node (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/configure-the-max-degree-of-parallelism-server-configuration-option?view=sql-server-ver15#Recommendations) . How to decide on the **MAX DOP** when there is discrepancy between processor count reported in **sys.dm_os_sys_info** vs **server properties** vs **SQL error logs**?