To find out the CPU information on CentOS 7.x/8.x/Stream, you can use the following commands:
- lscpu: This command provides detailed information about the CPU architecture and the number of processors, cores, and threads.
$ lscpu
- cat /proc/cpuinfo: This command displays information about the individual processors, including their clock speed, cache size, and architecture.
cat /proc/cpuinfo
- hwinfo: This command is part of the “hwinfo” package and provides detailed information about various hardware components, including the CPU.
$ sudo yum install hwinfo
$ hwinfo --cpu
- dmidecode: This command is used to retrieve information from the DMI (Desktop Management Interface) tables of the system’s firmware.
$ sudo yum install dmidecode
$ sudo dmidecode -t processor
These commands will give you information about the CPU architecture, clock speed, number of processors, cores, and threads.