How to get the CPU Name String?

You can use the function – __cpuid(), which generates the instruction – cpuid. Have a look at the code snippet. Code taken and modified from MSDN.

#include 
#include 

using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
   // Get extended ids.
   int CPUInfo[4] = {-1};
   __cpuid(CPUInfo, 0x80000000);
   unsigned int nExIds = CPUInfo[0];

   // Get the information associated with each extended ID.
   char CPUBrandString[0x40] = { 0 };
   for( unsigned int i=0x80000000; i<=nExIds; ++i)
   {
       __cpuid(CPUInfo, i);

       // Interpret CPU brand string and cache information.
       if  (i == 0x80000002)
       {
           memcpy( CPUBrandString,
           CPUInfo,
           sizeof(CPUInfo));
       }
       else if( i == 0x80000003 )
       {
           memcpy( CPUBrandString + 16,
           CPUInfo,
           sizeof(CPUInfo));
       }
       else if( i == 0x80000004 )
       {
           memcpy(CPUBrandString + 32, CPUInfo, sizeof(CPUInfo));
       }
}

   cout << "Cpu String: " << CPUBrandString;
}

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