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CPU Information / Speed

How do I find out CPU Information such as speed, processor, and cache on Linux operating systems?

You can get information about your CPU by using the following command in a terminal window.

cat /proc/cpuinfo

Sample output:processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 20
model           : 2
model name      : AMD E-300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
stepping        : 0
microcode       : 0x500010d
cpu MHz         : 780.000
cache size      : 512 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 6
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor ssse3 cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch ibs skinit wdt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter
bogomips        : 2595.34
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

Johnny August 16th, 2013

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Tags: cpu info, cpu information, cpu speed, Ubuntu

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