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Get CPU info with pure Python 2 & 3

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Py-cpuinfo gets CPU info with pure Python. Py-cpuinfo should work without any extra programs or libraries, beyond what your OS provides. It does not require any compilation(C/C++, assembly, et cetera) to use. Works on Linux, OS X, Windows, BSD, Solaris, Cygwin, and Haiku.

These approaches are used for getting info:

  1. Windows Registry

  2. /proc/cpuinfo

  3. sysctl

  4. dmesg

  5. isainfo and kstat

  6. Querying x86 CPUID register

Run as a script

$ python cpuinfo/cpuinfo.py
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Hz Advertised: 3.1000 GHz
Hz Actual: 3.0794 GHz
Hz Advertised Raw: (3100000000, 0)
Hz Actual Raw: (3079444000, 0)
Arch: X86_64
Bits: 64
Count: 4
Raw Arch String: x86_64
L2 Cache Size: 6144 KB
L2 Cache Line Size: 0
L2 Cache Associativity: 0
Stepping: 3
Model: 60
Family: 6
Processor Type: 0
Extended Model: 0
Extended Family: 0
Flags: apic, clflush, cmov, constant_tsc, cx8, de, fpu, fxsr, ht, lahf_lm,
lm, mca, mce, mmx, msr, mtrr, nopl, nx, pae, pat, pge, pni, pse, pse36,
rdtscp, rep_good, sep, sse, sse2, ssse3, syscall, tsc, vme

Run as a library

from cpuinfo import cpuinfo # from installed with pip
#import cpuinfo # from path

# Have the library pick the best method for getting your CPU info
info = cpuinfo.get_cpu_info()

# Or use /proc/cpuinfo
#info = cpuinfo.get_cpu_info_from_proc_cpuinfo()

# Or use the Windows registry
#info = cpuinfo.get_cpu_info_from_registry()

# Or use sysctl
#info = cpuinfo.get_cpu_info_from_sysctl()

# Or use CPU CPUID register
#info = cpuinfo.get_cpu_info_from_cpuid()

# Print some CPU values
print('Vendor ID: {0}'.format(info['vendor_id']))
print('Brand: {0}'.format(info['brand']))
print('Hz Advertised: {0}'.format(info['hz_advertised']))
print('Hz Actual: {0}'.format(info['hz_actual']))
print('Hz Advertised Raw: {0}'.format(info['hz_advertised_raw']))
print('Hz Actual Raw: {0}'.format(info['hz_actual_raw']))
print('Arch: {0}'.format(info['arch']))
print('Bits: {0}'.format(info['bits']))
print('Count: {0}'.format(info['count']))
print('Flags: {0}'.format(', '.join(info['flags'])))

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