proc_cpuinfo(5) File Formats Manual proc_cpuinfo(5) NAME /proc/cpuinfo - CPU and system architecture information DESCRIPTION /proc/cpuinfo This is a collection of CPU and system architecture dependent items, for each supported architecture a different list. Two common entries are processor which gives CPU number and bogomips; a system constant that is calculated during kernel initialization. SMP machines have information for each CPU. The lscpu(1) command gathers its information from this file. SEE ALSO proc(5) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_cpuinfo(5)