CPU-Z Alternatives for Linux

CPU-Z is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is CPU-X (by X0rg), which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to CPU-Z and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to CPU-Z are lshw, Hardinfo, hwinfo and Sysinfo.

CPU-Z alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities but may also be Benchmark Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of CPU-Z.

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Free • Proprietary
System Information Utility

CPU-Z is a freeware system profiler (system monitor) application for Microsoft Windows (for all versions from 95 on) that...

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CPU-X (by X0rg)
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
BSD
18 CPU-X (by X0rg) alternatives
CPU-X is a free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more.
- - CPU-X (by X0rg) is the most popular Linux alternative to CPU-Z.
- - CPU-X (by X0rg) is the most popular Open Source alternative to CPU-Z.
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CPU-X (by X0rg) Features
1. Live PreviewInstantly see what your files and documents look like as you create them.
Hardware Monitoring
Benchmark analytics
CPU temperature
Process scanning
Ram Caching
CPU Monitoring
Gpu control
Memory analysis
Comments about CPU-X (by X0rg) as a Alternative to CPU-Z
Almost everyone thinks CPU-X (by X0rg) is a great CPU-Z alternative.
It's directly based off of the design of CPU-Z and offers all of the same features in the same format.
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lshw
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
39 lshw alternatives
lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.
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lshw Features
1. Command line interfacelshw either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Export to XML
Export to HTML
Export to JSON
Hardware Monitoring
Tree view
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Almost everyone thinks lshw is a great CPU-Z alternative.
Hardinfo
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Benchmark Tool
Linux
KDE
GNOME
MATE
Xfce
55 Hardinfo alternatives
Hardinfo is a system information and benchmark tool for Linux. It shows detailed system info, including hardware, environment, and kernel. It can use lm_sensors and ACPI for temperature and battery information. It also has four CPU banchmarks and two FPU benchmarks.
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Hardinfo Features
1. PortableHardinfo can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightHardinfo consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Command line interfaceHardinfo either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Memory usage
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.5.1, released in April 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

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Most users think Hardinfo is a great CPU-Z alternative.
hwinfo
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
102 hwinfo alternatives
hwinfo/libhd are used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.
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hwinfo Features
1. Command line interfacehwinfo either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Hardware Monitoring
Sysinfo
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
69 Sysinfo alternatives
sysinfo is a graphical tool that is able to display some hardware and software information about the computer it is run on.
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Discontinued
The Sysinfo website is down and Sourceforge reports the last update as being from 2013

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Most users think Sysinfo is a great CPU-Z alternative.
Sysinfo give few generic informations. On my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, the tab System simply close the application.
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CPU Frequency Selector
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
Cinnamon
GNOME
23 CPU Frequency Selector alternatives
cinnamon-cpufreq-applet - Port of Gnome 3 CPUFreq applet to Cinnamon - with some fixes.
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CPU Frequency Selector Features
Shift management
Pitch Shifting
Hardware Monitoring
Udev Discover
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Free • Open Source
Linux
21 Udev Discover alternatives
A helping tool for udev testers, coders, hackers and consumers. Main features are - Browsing the sysfs tree via udev, Reports udev device info and udev properties, Filter and search devices, Monitorize udev device events.
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gatotray
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Free • Open Source
Linux
24 gatotray alternatives
gatotray is a tiny CPU monitor displaying several stats graphically (usage, temperature, frequency) in small space, and tight on resources.
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gatotray Features
CPU Monitoring
PassMark BurnInTest
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
Linux
19 PassMark BurnInTest alternatives
PassMark BurnInTest is a software tool that allows all the major sub-systems of a computer to be simultaneously stress tested for endurance, reliability and stability.
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PassMark BurnInTest Features
Memory usage
Stress Testing
GtkSysinfo
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Free • Open Source
Linux
21 GtkSysinfo alternatives
GtkSysinfo is a perl-Gtk2 software for Linux which makes it possible to obtain a maximum of informations about the system such as temperature(with lm_sensors) , CPU frequency, hardware(with PciUtils) , network , ACPI and orther information.
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GtkSysinfo Features
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-03-13. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/gtksysinfo/