Identify the processor

Introduction

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.

How to identify the processor

With Windows

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

The simplest, just under Windows, is to display the properties system.

Walkthrough: 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 and its operating frequency type and its actual incidence.
It was also included in the information below, the total memory RAM installed on your computer.

NB: About the memory installed, Windows (XP, Vista), and does not take into account a maximum of 3 GB of RAM, even if you have 4 GB or more.

Utilities:



Cpu-z, no installation required, 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, memory (RAM).

• Download CPU-Z
• Website of the editor :
  • www.cpuid.com

For a more complete inventory of your hardware installed:

• SIW
• Everest
• AIDA32

With Linux

You can type: cat /proc/cpuinfo

Exemple:

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

Or again: dmesg | grep CPU

Exemple:

[    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

Conclusion

Identify processor is now easy ...