cpu-x(1)

cpu-x1

X11 tool that gathers information on cpu, motherboard and more...

Usage

cpu-x [DISPLAY] [OPTIONS]

Overview

CPU-X is similar to CPU-Z (for MS Windows). It can be used in graphical mode by using GTK or in text-based mode by using NCurses. A dump mode is present from the command line.

Display

Available options to be used as DISPLAY:

-G, --gtk

Start graphical user interface (GUI) (default).

-N, --ncurses

Start text-based user interface (TUI).

-D, --dump

Dump all data on standard output and exit.

-M, --dmidecode

Run embedded command dmidecode and exit.

-B, --bandwidth

Run embedded command bandwidth and exit

Options

Available options to be used as OPTIONS:

-r, --refresh

Set custom time between two refreshes (in seconds).

-t, --tab

Set default tab (integer).

-p, --type

Select core type to monitor (integer).

-c, --core

Select CPU core to monitor (integer).

-b, --cachetest

Set custom bandwidth test for CPU caches speed (integer).

-g, --gpu

Select default graphic card (integer).

-d, --daemon

Start and connect to daemon.

-v, --verbose

Verbose output.

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

-V, --version

Print version and exit.

--cpuid-decimal

Print CPUID values in decimal (default is hexadeximal).

--nocolor

Disable colored output.

-d, --debug

Print information for debugging.

--issue-fmt

Print required information to paste in an issue.

--keymap

Set key mapping for NCurses mode (a[rrows]|e[macs]|i[nverted-T]|v[im])

Environment variables with influence on runtime functionality:

CPUX_ARGS

Add default command line arguments.

CPUX_BCLK

Enforce the bus clock.

CPUX_FORCE_FREQ_FALLBACK

Ignore CPU frequency reported by libcpuid.

CPUX_CPUID_RAW

Read CPUID raw data from a given file.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 11–12
  2. 13

--cachetest since Debian 13 (Trixie); --core since Debian 13 (Trixie); --cpuid-decimal since Debian 13 (Trixie); --daemon since Debian 13 (Trixie); --debug since Debian 13 (Trixie); --gpu since Debian 13 (Trixie); --keymap since Debian 13 (Trixie); --type since Debian 13 (Trixie); -b since Debian 13 (Trixie); -c since Debian 13 (Trixie); -p since Debian 13 (Trixie); -t since Debian 13 (Trixie).

--dmidecode until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --dump until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --gtk until Debian 12 (Bookworm); --ncurses until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -D until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -a until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -i until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -n until Debian 12 (Bookworm); -o until Debian 12 (Bookworm).

Author

This man page has been written by Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> for the Debian project but maybe used by others.

From cpu-x 5.2.0-0.4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.