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CPU-Z vs Fastfetch: catalog facts
CPU-Z	Fastfetch
Free Freeware. The site is funded by advertising and donations, and a paid SDK exists for…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, Android	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Per-module memory SPD data, including timings, which is hard to find anywhere else Live per-core frequency and memory frequency readings	Written in C, so it completes in milliseconds where neofetch took a noticeable pause Highly configurable through JSON: add, remove and reorder modules freely
Closed source freeware; the website is ad-supported and asks you to allow ads Reports hardware facts rather than monitoring temperatures over time	Several distributions package outdated versions, which the project does not support Only actively tested on x86-64 and aarch64
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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