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 many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to CPU-Z are Mission Center, Resources, CPU Info and Hardinfo.

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CPU-Z alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities, but if you're looking for Network Monitors or Process Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Open Source, Mac + System Information, Android and iPhone. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to CPU-Z.
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  1. CPU-X (by X0rg) icon
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    CPU-X is a free software that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more.

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
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  2. Resources icon
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    Resources is a simple yet powerful monitor for your system resources and processes, written in Rust and using GTK 4 and libadwaita for its GUI.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Linux Mobile
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  3. CPU Info icon
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    CPU Info provide main information about hardware and software of your device. You can get:

    75 CPU Info alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • F-Droid
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Kindle Fire
    • Mac
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  4. Hardinfo icon
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    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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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
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  5. lshw icon
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    lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  6. hwinfo icon
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    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.

    138 hwinfo alternatives

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    • Linux
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  7. Hardware Probe Tool (hw-probe) is a snapshot of your computer's hardware state and logs. The tool checks operability of devices by analysis of logs and returns a permanent url to view the probe of the computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. cpufetch icon
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    cpufetch is a command-line tool written in C that displays the CPU information in a clean and beautiful way.

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    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • Android
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
    • Chocolatey
    • Termux
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  9. Sysinfo icon
     15 likes

    sysinfo is a graphical tool that is able to display some hardware and software information about the computer it is run on.

    86 Sysinfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  10. FireSpecs icon
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    FireSpecs displays comprehensive system information through an intuitive tabbed interface and provides detailed insights into hardware components, USB devices, and storage. Now open source!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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