Is it possible to find out which CPU my Linux system uses?

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Submitted by falko (Contact Author) (Forums) on Mon, 2006-08-07 17:53. :: Other

Yes, with

cat /proc/cpuinfo


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Modern day Linux also
Submitted by Anonymous (not registered) on Sun, 2012-09-23 04:13.

Modern day Linux also supports additional commands to determine the processor model

1. lscpu - gives a summary of the processor hardware

2. dmidecode - can display quite a bit of information about the total hardware. One can view the processor related information by searching for "Processor" section in the output. "cat  /proc/cpuinfo" mentioned in the previous post also presents similar info.

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