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Coreinfo vs hwloc lstopo: catalog facts
Coreinfohwloc lstopo
Free

Free download from Microsoft Sysinternals.

Free

Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause licence.

Windows, Command line Android
  • Shows the mapping of logical processors to cores, NUMA nodes, sockets and caches
  • Both command-line and graphical versions in one download
  • Shows cores, caches and memory nodes in one diagram
  • Built on hwloc, a long-running and actively released project
  • Windows only
  • Virtualization features can be misreported when a hypervisor is running or inside a virtual machine
  • Information is technical and aimed at developers
  • Only shows topology, not live usage or temperatures
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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