Alternatives to Coreinfo

A Sysinternals utility that maps logical processors to physical cores, NUMA nodes, sockets and caches. Notes say what changes if you switch.

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  • hwloc lstopo

    An Android app that draws the hardware topology of a device: processor packages, cores, caches and memory.

    hwloc lstopo draws processor packages, cores, caches and memory nodes as a diagram on Android under a BSD licence, rather than inspecting a Windows machine.

  • Intel Performance Counter Monitor

    Intel's command-line tools for reading CPU, memory bandwidth and power performance counters.

  • Process Explorer

    Task Manager with the lid off: shows which process has a file open, which DLLs it loaded, and the full parent-child tree.

    FreeProprietaryWindows
  • CPU-Z

    A tiny freeware window that tells you exactly which processor, board and memory are in a Windows PC.

    CPU-Z shows processor, board and memory SPD details with live clock readings on Windows and Android, but it does not map NUMA nodes or core distances.

  • cpufetch

    A command-line tool that shows information about your computer's CPU in a clean, coloured terminal layout.

    cpufetch is an open source command-line tool that prints CPU architecture details for x86_64, ARM, PowerPC and RISC-V, without topology heat maps.

  • Sysinternals Suite

    Microsoft's bundle of Sysinternals troubleshooting and diagnostic utilities for Windows in a single download.

  • CoreFreq

    A Linux CPU monitoring and tuning tool that reports per-core frequencies, C-states, temperatures and power.

  • HWiNFO

    The deepest hardware report and sensor monitor on Windows, free for personal use.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindows

    HWiNFO gives a deeper Windows hardware report plus real-time sensor monitoring and logging, with commercial use requiring a paid Pro licence.

  • CPU-X

    Inspect processor, motherboard and system information on Linux.

    CPU-X moves processor and motherboard inspection to Linux under the GPL, with graphical, terminal and report modes.

  • dmidecode

    A command-line tool that reports system hardware details from the BIOS SMBIOS/DMI table.

  • AIDA64 Extreme

    Detailed hardware identification, sensor monitoring and benchmarking for Windows.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    AIDA64 Extreme adds exportable hardware inventory, sensor monitoring and benchmarks on Windows, but it needs a paid licence after a time-limited trial.

  • lshw

    A Linux command-line tool that lists the hardware configuration of a machine in detail.