How To Find Out What Processor I Have Mac

An example of a computer processor chip

Have you ever wondered specifically what processor was being used on a Mac, including processor type and CPU speed? It's really quite easy to retrieve CPU data from the command line in Mac Bone 10, though the commands to use to get the processor information may be unfamiliar to many.

We'll bear witness two ways to grab a Macs CPU details from the command line of MacOS and Mac Os X. These tricks work on virtually all Mac Os versions and CPU compages types.

How to Detect Mac Processor Details & CPU Speed via Control Line with sysctl

To become started, launch the Terminal in Mac Os, located in /Applications/Utilities/ and then outcome the commands as follows, depending on the CPU information y'all'd like to reveal.

Showtime we'll use sysctl because it requite us everything on one easy to read line:

sysctl -north machdep.cpu.brand_string

The example output may look like any of the post-obit:

% sysctl -due north machdep.cpu.brand_string Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5257U CPU @ 2.70GHz

This is basically in the following format: Chip Brand – Processor Type and Chip Model – CPU Speed

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 2.40GHz

That detailed output of sysctl is advantageous because it reports back the chip model every bit well.

How to Get CPU Processor Details of Mac via Final with system_profiler

On the other hand, if you don't desire the model number and merely desire processor proper noun, speed, and the number of processors, you can use grep with system_profiler. Still in the Terminal, enter the post-obit command string:

system_profiler | grep Processor

Processor Name: Intel Core two Duo
Processor Speed: ii.4 GHz
Number of Processors: i

At that place are probably other methods as well, only these two are detailed and requite you the data you need.

For the tape, and for more average Mac users, at that place is a much easier way to get this information, only go to "About This Mac" under the  Apple menu.