KBEA-00001 - Determining a machine’s processor, architecture, and speed

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Summary

Before comparing timing across different machines, you should know exactly what processor/architecture/speed a system is running.

Solution

How to determine processor speed/architecture:

Windows:

Right click on 'My Computer', choose Properties. Computer: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz

Windows from the command line:

systeminfo

Solaris:

/usr/platform/uname \-m/sbin/prtdiag System Configuration:Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Fire V100 (UltraSPARC-IIe 548MHz)

Linux:

% cat /proc/cpuinfo Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz cpu MHz 2393.016

See Also

  • For a processor identification utility from Intel, download and install the utility from Intel’s website

Applies to

  • Product versions: All

  • OS versions: All