Geek Posted October 23, 2010 Posted October 23, 2010 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/check-mac-processor-speed.jpg" alt="check mac processor speed" title="check mac processor speed" width="321" height="247" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8988" /></p> <p>Want to know how fast a Mac is? You can check a Macs processor speed a few different ways, but here are two methods: super easy through the GUI, and a more advanced way through the command line.</p> <h3 style="font-size:1.3em;">Check a Mac CPU the Easy Way: GUI</h3> <p>Go up to the Apple menu and select “About This Mac”:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/how-to-check-mac-processor-speed.jpg" alt="how to check mac processor speed" title="how to check mac processor speed" width="353" height="65" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8999" /></p> <p>You will then get a window that shows what version of Mac OS X you are running, what your processor and processor speed is, and how much memory your Mac has. </p> <p>If you want, you can then go through and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/15/mac-task-manager/">check CPU usage through the Mac Task Manager</a>, known as the Activity Monitor.</p> <h3 style="font-size:1.3em;">Check a Macs CPU the Fun Way: Command Line</h3> <p>The GUI is easy, but what fun is that? What if you want to check a machines processor remotely through ssh? Let’s use the Terminal instead.</p> <p>Using the following command you can check what the CPU is:</p> <p><code>sysctl machdep.cpu.brand_string</code></p> <p>The string returned includes both the brand and the clock speed of your Macs processor. For example, you might see:</p> <p><code>machdep.cpu.brand_string: Genuine Intel® CPU T2500 @ 2.00GHz</code></p> <p>Keeping with the theme here, you may then want to monitor what your Mac CPU is doing. If you want a command line activity monitor, <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/06/monitoring-cpu-usage-on-your-mac-a-better-top-command/">use this variation of the ‘top’ command to monitor CPU usage</a>. I like it better than the standard top command because it uses less CPU itself, and it sorts processes by their CPU usage. Give it a go.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oLkddnblV4qblH5aQSU7E0aTzKY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oLkddnblV4qblH5aQSU7E0aTzKY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oLkddnblV4qblH5aQSU7E0aTzKY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oLkddnblV4qblH5aQSU7E0aTzKY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=-3tQv1IWaLA:yxPaZF65R5g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=-3tQv1IWaLA:yxPaZF65R5g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=-3tQv1IWaLA:yxPaZF65R5g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=-3tQv1IWaLA:yxPaZF65R5g:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=-3tQv1IWaLA:yxPaZF65R5g:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=-3tQv1IWaLA:yxPaZF65R5g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=-3tQv1IWaLA:yxPaZF65R5g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/-3tQv1IWaLA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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