OSX Processor Details From The CLI

Being the geek that I am, I wanted to know how to see the processor details from the command line of Apple's OSX operating system.  The easiest way to report this is by running the sysctl command returning the properties of interest.  In my case, I want to see the processor type, speed, core count and thread count.






Here is the output from a 2008 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro4,1):

$ sysctl machdep.cpu.brand_string machdep.cpu.core_count  machdep.cpu.thread_count
machdep.cpu.brand_string: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T8300  @ 2.40GHz
machdep.cpu.core_count: 2
machdep.cpu.thread_count: 2

Here is the output from a 2011 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro8,2):

$ sysctl machdep.cpu.brand_string machdep.cpu.core_count  machdep.cpu.thread_count

machdep.cpu.brand_string: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2635QM CPU @ 2.00GHz

machdep.cpu.core_count: 4

machdep.cpu.thread_count: 8

Way cool!

Have a very blessed day!

Brad

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