How to know your processor information

Identifying the processor architecture of your system can be useful to find the configuration and technical capabilities of the PC. This hardware which forms the core of the system can be identified from the system parameters. For Windows based systems, the System Properties can either be accessed through the Control Panel or through the Windows Key. There are software utilities available online like CPU-Z that can also do the trick. Under Linux from the /proc file system which enables communication between the 'kernel and the user space', identification of the processor can be done and there are gui utility which you can install like CPU-G


This is a trick to allow you to simply identify your processor.
Useful to know precisely the capabilities and the technical characteristics of this element and further, possibly your configuration.

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How to identify the processor


Under Windows


Apart from the possibility of identifying the processor by the system parameters under windows, there are utilities to let you get to know your hardware.

Method 1


  • The simplest, just under Windows, is to display the properties system.
  • Left-click on Menu "Start", left-click on "Control Panel" ... Opening the Control Panel.
  • In this window (Panel), a list of icons displayed, and one of these icons, you will find an icon called "System" in which you double-click it.
  • The properties are displayed Systems and the first tab is called "General".
  • On this tab is the name of your processor, its operating frequency type and its actual incidence.
  • Also included in the information below is the total memory (RAM) installed on your computer.

    • Method 2

    • Right click on My Computer (or Computer under Vista) then click Properties.


    or
    • Simultaneously press the "Windows" key and "Pause" to open the System Properties window.

    Using a utility software



    Cpu-z, requires no installation. This executable allows you to quickly identify your CPU and gives you its technical characteristics such as the type of operating voltage, the instruction set run, the amount of cache and more information about your motherboard, chipset and memory (RAM).


Download CPU-Z
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Under Linux



The /proc file system

You can type: 
cat /proc/cpuinfo




Example: 
processor       : 0        
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel        
cpu family      : 6        
model           : 15        
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6600  @ 2.40GHz        
stepping        : 6        
cpu MHz         : 2393.974        
cache size      : 4096 KB        
fdiv_bug        : no        
hlt_bug         : no        
f00f_bug        : no        
coma_bug        : no        
fpu             : yes        
fpu_exception   : yes        
cpuid level     : 2        
wp              : yes        
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 apic pge cmov clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 constant_tsc up monitor        
bogomips        : 4825.12        
clflush size    : 64


dmesg (diagnostic the message)

dmesg | grep CPU

Example: 
[    0.000000] Initializing CPU#0        
[    7.665395] SLUB: Genslabs=22, HWalign=64, Order=0-1, MinObjects=4, CPUs=1, Nodes=1        
[    7.749733] CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0788a3bf 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000008 00000000 00000000         
[ 7.750108] CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K  



  • [    7.750177] CPU: L3 cache: 4096K        
[    7.750475] CPU: After all inits, caps: 0788a3bf 00000000 00000000 00000140 00000008 00000000 00000000        
[    8.039007] CPU0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6600  @ 2.40GHz stepping 06        
[    8.157381] Brought up 1 CPUs        
[    8.772526] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0

    dmidecode

    The dmidecode command is used to retrieve information about the hardware in your computer by collecting information from the BIOS.

    To view information on the processor you must use the following option: 
     -t, --type TYPE.


    For the processor TYPE is 4 (check instructions of dmidecode for details by man dmidecode).
    The command must be run as root.

    dmidecode -t 4    
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