SystemInfo.CPUBrandString
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Returns the CPU brand string.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [SystemInfo](component_SystemInfo.md) | [2.8](newinversion28.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "SystemInfo.CPUBrandString" ) ### Parameters

none

### Result

Returns brand or empty text.

### Description

Returns the CPU brand string.  
If it is an Intel x86 Chip or something compatible, you get strings like this: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz". For an emulated x86 chip on ARM, you may get empty text or something like "virtual cpu".  
  
on FileMaker Cloud with a small EC2 instance, e.g. "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz"  
  
Changed for v12.0 to work on Apple Silicon, e.g. "Apple M1 Max".  
  
Returns empty text on Linux on ARM.  
### Examples

Shows CPU Brand String:

 Show Custom Dialog \["Info"; MBS ( "SystemInfo.CPUBrandString" )\]  
### Release notes

- **Version 12.0**
    - Updated [SystemInfo.CPUBrandString](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/SystemInfoCPUBrandString.shtml) to work on Apple Silicon.
- **Version 10.4**
    - Fixed [SystemInfo.CPUBrandString](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/SystemInfoCPUBrandString.shtml) for Windows 64-bit.

### Blog Entries

- [Neues MBS FileMaker Plugin 12.0](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2022-01-18/Neues_MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_120/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [MBS FileMaker Plugin 12.0 - More than 6700 Functions In One Plugin](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2022-01-18/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_120_-_Mor/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)
- [MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.6pr1](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2021-12-01/MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_version_1/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)

This function is free to use.

Created 18th August 2014 , last changed 12nd May 2023

  
[SystemInfo.AvailableRAM](SystemInfoAvailableRAM.md) - [SystemInfo.CPULoad](SystemInfoCPULoad.md)

[HTML Version](SystemInfoCPUBrandString.shtml)