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The CPUID Explorer Details

CPUID(0): Basic information

Display (Intel)

Display (AMD)

Structures

There are no structures defined for this information.

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
GetCPUID(0, &regs);

CStringA b((LPCSTR)&regs.EBX, 4);
CStringA c((LPCSTR)&regs.ECX, 4);
CStringA d((LPCSTR)&regs.EDX, 4);
CString CPUTypeName(b + d + c);

CPUID(1): Additional CPU information

CPUID(1):EAX

Display (Intel)

Display (AMD)

Structure:

EAX (Intel):
 31    28 27            20 19    16 1514 1312 11     8 7      4 3      0
+--------+----------------+--------+----+----+--------+--------+--------+
|########|Extended family |Extmodel|####|type|familyid|  model |stepping|
+--------+----------------+--------+----+----+--------+--------+--------+

EAX (AMD):
 31    28 27            20 19    16 1514 1312 11     8 7      4 3      0
+--------+----------------+--------+----+----+--------+--------+--------+
|########|Extended family |Extmodel|####|####|familyid|  model |stepping|
+--------+----------------+--------+----+----+--------+--------+--------+
typedef union {
   struct {                      // low order
      UINT SteppingID:4;         // 3..0
      UINT ModelID:4;            // 7..4
      UINT FamilyID:4;           // 11..8
      UINT ProcessorType:2;      // 13..12
      UINT Reserved2:2;          // 15..14
      UINT ExtendedModel:4;      // 19..16
      UINT ExtendedFamily:8;     // 27..20
      UINT Reserved:4;           // 31..28
   } Intel;                      // high order

   struct {                      // low order
      UINT SteppingID:4;         // 3..0
      UINT ModelID:4;            // 7..4
      UINT FamilyID:4;           // 11..8
      UINT Reserved2:4;          // 15..12
      UINT ExtendedModel:4;      // 19..16
      UINT ExtendedFamily:8;     // 27..20
      UINT Reserved:4;           // 31..28
   } AMD;                       // high order
   UINT w;
} EAX1b;
 

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
GetCPUID(1, regs);

EAX1b EAX;
EAX.w = regs.EAX;

UINT ComputedModel;

if(EAX.bits.FamilyID == 0x06 || EAX.bits.FamilyID == 0x0F)
   { /* extended model */
    ComputedModel = EAX.bits.ModelID + (EAX.bits.ExtendedModel << 4);
   } /* extended model */
else
   { /* not extended model */
    ComputedModel = EAX.bits.ModelID;
   } /* not extended model */

//********************************
UINT ComputedFamily;
if(EAX.bits.FamilyID == 0x0F)
   { /* extended family ID */
    ComputedFamily = EAX.bits.FamilyID + EAX.bits.ExtendedFamily;
   } /* extended family ID */
else
   { /* not extended */
    ComputedFamily = EAX.bits.FamilyID;
   } /* not extended */

Useful constants

IDS_PROCESSOR_00B "Original OEM processor"
IDS_PROCESSOR_01B "Intel Overdrive ® processor"
IDS_PROCESSOR_10B "Dual processor"
IDS_PROCESSOR_11B "Intel reserved"

CPUID(1):EBX

Display

Structure

 31            24 23            16 15             8 7              0
+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| Initial APIC ID|LogicalProcessor|CLFLUSHLineSize |   Brand Index  |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT BrandIndex:8;
      UINT CLFLUSHLineSize:8;
      UINT LogicalProcessors:8;
      UINT InitialAPICID:8;
   } bits;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EBX1b;

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
GetCPUID(1, &regs);

EBX1b EBX;

EBX.w = regs.EBX;
UINT ComputedCLFLUSHLineSize = EBX.bits.CLFLUSHLineSize * 8;
UINT NumberOfLogicalProcessors = (EBX.bits.LogicalProcessors == 0 ? 1 : EBX.bits.LogicalProcessors);

Useful constants

IDS_BRAND_INDEX_01H "Intel ® Celeron ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_02H "Intel ® Pentium ® III processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_03H "Intel ® Pentium ® III Xeon(tm) processor\nIntel ® Celeron ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_04H "Intel ® Pentium ® III processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_06H "Mobile Intel ® Pentium ® III processor-M"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_07H "Mobile Intel ® Celeron ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_08H "Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_09H "Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_0AH "Intel ® Celeron ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_0BH "Intel ® Xeon(tm) processor\nIntel ® Xeon(tm) processor MP"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_0CH "Intel ® Xeon(tm) processor MP"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_0EH "Mobile Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor\nIntel ® Xeon(tm) processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_0FH "Mobile Intel ® Celeron ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_11H "Mobile Genuine Intel ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_12H "Intel ® Celeron ® M processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_13H "Mobile Intel ® Celeron ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_14H "Intel ® Celeron ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_15H "Mobile Genuine Intel ® processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_16H "Intel ® Pentium ® M processor"
IDS_BRAND_INDEX_17H "Mobile Intel ® Celeron ® processor"

CPUID(1):ECX

Display (Intel)

Display (AMD)

Structure

Intel
     31                                14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3 2  1  0
    +------------------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |####################################|CX|##|##|L1|##|T2|ES|##|VM|CP|MW|##|##|S3|
    +------------------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

AMD
     31                                14 13 12 11 10 9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
    +------------------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |####################################|CX|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|S3|
    +------------------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

 

CX - CompareAndExchange16B supported
L1 - L1 context ID supported
T2 - Thermal Monitor 2 supported
ES - Enhanced SpeedStep technology
VM - VMX technology
CP - CPL-qualified debug store
MW - MWAIT supported
S3 - SSE3 supported
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT SSE3:1;                 // 0
      UINT Reserved1:2;            // 2..1
      UINT MWAIT:1;                // 3   
      UINT CPL:1;                  // 4   
      UINT VMX:1;                  // 5   
      UINT Reserved2:1;            // 6   
      UINT EST:1;                  // 7   
      UINT TM2:1;                  // 8   
      UINT Reserved3:1;            // 9   
      UINT L1:1;                   // 10  
      UINT Reserved4:1;            // 11  
      UINT Reserved5:1;            // 12 
      UINT CMPXCHG16B:1;           // 13
      UINT Reserved6:18;           // 31..14
   } Intel;  // high order
   struct { // low order
      UINT SSE3:1;                 // 0     
      UINT Reserved1:3;            // 3..1 
      UINT Reserved2:4;            // 7..4 
      UINT Reserved3:4;            // 11..8
      UINT Reserved5:1;            // 12  
      UINT CMPXCHG16B:1;           // 13
      UINT reserved6:18;           // 14..31
   } AMD;  // high order
   UINT w;
} ECX1b;
 

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
GetCPUID(1, &regs);

ECX1b ECX;
ECX.w = regs.ECX;

CPUID(1):EDX

Display (Intel)

Structure

   EDX: Extended feature bits (Intel)

     31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0   
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |PB|##|TM|HT|SS|S2|S1|FX|MM|AC|DS|##|CF|PN|P3|PT|CM|MC|PG|MT|SE|##|AP|CX|ME|PA|MS|TS|PS|DE|V8|FP|
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

   EDX: Extended feature bits (AMD)
     31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |##|##|##|HT|##|S2|S1|FX|MM|##|##|##|CF|##|P3|PT|CM|MC|PG|MT|SE|##|AP|CX|ME|PA|MS|TS|PS|DE|V8|FP|
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

    PB - Pending Break Enable
    TM - Thermal Monitor
    HT - Hyperthreading
    SS - Self-Snoop
    S2 - SSE2 extensions
    S1 - SSE extensions
    MM - MMX
    AC - ACPI
    DS - Debug Store
    CF - CFLUSH instruction
    PN - Processor serial number
    P3 - PSE36 Size extensions
    PT - Page attribute table
    CM - CMOV: Conditional move/compare instruction
    MC - Machine Check Architecture
    PG - Global PTE bit
    MT - Memory Type Range Registers
    SE - SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
    AP - APIC on-chip
    CX - CMXCHG8B
    ME - Machine Check Exception
    PA - Physical Address Extension
    MS - RDMSR/WRMSR support
    TS - TimeStamp Counter
    PS - Page Size extensions
    DE - Debugging extensions
    V8 - Virtual 8086 extensions
    FP - FPU87 on chip

typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT FPU:1;                  // 0
      UINT VME:1;                  // 1
      UINT DE:1;                   // 2
      UINT PSE:1;                  // 3
      UINT MSR:1;                  // 4
      UINT TSC:1;                  // 5
      UINT PAE:1;                  // 6
      UINT MCE:1;                  // 7
      UINT CX8:1;                  // 8
      UINT APIC:1;                 // 9
      UINT reserved1:1;            // 10
      UINT SEP:1;                  // 11
      UINT MTRR:1;                 // 12
      UINT PGE:1;                  // 13
      UINT MCA:1;                  // 14
      UINT CMOV:1;                 // 15
      UINT PAT:1;                  // 16
      UINT PSE36:1;                // 17     
     UINT PSN:1;                  // 18
      UINT CFLSH:1;                // 19     
     UINT Reserved2:1;            // 20
     UINT DS:1;                   // 21
     UINT ACPI:1;                 // 22
      UINT MMX:1;                  // 23
      UINT FXSR:1;                 // 24
      UINT SSE:1;                  // 25
      UINT SSE2:1;                 // 26     
      UINT SS:1;                   // 27
      UINT HTT:1;                  // 28     
      UINT TM:1;                   // 29
      UINT Reserved3:1;            // 30
      UINT PBE:1;                  // 31
   } Intel;  // high order
   struct { // low order
      UINT FPU:1;                  // 0
      UINT VME:1;                  // 1
      UINT DE:1;                   // 2
      UINT PSE:1;                  // 3
      UINT MSR:1;                  // 4
      UINT TSC:1;                  // 5
      UINT PAE:1;                  // 6
      UINT MCE:1;                  // 7
      UINT CX8:1;                  // 8
      UINT APIC:1;                 // 9
      UINT Reserved1:1;            // 10
      UINT SEP:1;                  // 11
      UINT MTRR:1;                 // 12
      UINT PGE:1;                  // 13
      UINT MCA:1;                  // 14
      UINT CMOV:1;                 // 15
      UINT PAT:1;                  // 16
      UINT PSE36:1;                // 17
      UINT Reserved5:1;            // 18
      UINT CFLSH:1;                // 19     
      UINT Reserved2:3;            // 22..20
      UINT MMX:1;                  // 23
      UINT FXSR:1;                 // 24
      UINT SSE:1;                  // 25
      UINT SSE2:1;                 // 26     
      UINT Reserved4:1;            // 27
      UINT HTT:1;                  // 28     
      UINT Reserved3:3;            // 31..29
   } AMD;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EDX1b;

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
GetCPUID(1, &regs);

EDX1b EDX;
EDX.w = regs.EDX;

CPUID(2): Cache and TLB parameters

Display (Intel)

The display here is not graphical, but rather tabular, which captures better the notion that the set of attributes is an unordered set of values found in the four regsiters.

Display (AMD)

This display is not supported for the AMD architecture. Cache and TLB information is available using CPUID(0x80000006):ECX.

Structure:

EAX:
 31                                0
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|0  desc |  desc  |  desc  |  count |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
EBX:
 31                                0
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|0  desc |  desc  |  desc  |  desc  |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|1#######|########|########|########|
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
ECX:
 31                                0
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|0  desc |  desc  |  desc  |  desc  |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|1#######|########|########|########|
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
EDX:
 31                                0
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|0  desc |  desc  |  desc  |  desc  |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|1#######|########|########|########|
+--------+--------+--------+--------+

If the high-order bit of the register is 0, then each byte in the register contains a valid cache/TLB descriptor. If the high-order bit of the register is 1, then each byte in the register is reserved and has no meaning. I have not run across any machine that has a count value of > 1.

typedef union {
    CPUregs regs;
    BYTE descriptors[16];
} EREGS2;

Useful techniques

EREGS2 ER;
CPUID(2, &ER.regs);
if(ER.descriptors[0] != 0x00)
   { /* valid descriptors */
    for(int i = 1; i < sizeof(ER.regs.descriptors); i++)
       { /* decode each descriptor */
        if((i & 0x3 == 0) && (ER.descriptors[i] & 0x80))
           { /* invalid descriptors */
            i += 3;
            continue;
           } /* invalid descriptors */
        ... decode ER.descriptors[i]
       } /* decode each descriptor */
    } /* valid descriptors */

The above code assumes that the low-order byte of EAX is 1. A more complex loop would be required to handle other cases; note that the value in AL appears to be valid in subsequent operations. The documentation is unclear on this fact, however.

The special test for descriptors[0] == 0 is required because the AMD processors return all zeroes, and do not set any high-order bit to 1.

Useful constants

IDS_CTLB_00H "Null descriptor"
IDS_CTLB_01H "Instruction TLB: 4K pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries\nI 4Kx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_02H "Instruction TLB: 4K pages, 4-way set associative, 2 entries\nI 4Kx4wx2"
IDS_CTLB_03H "Data TLB: 4K pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries\nD 4Kx4wx64"
IDS_CTLB_04H "Data TLB: 4M pages, 4-way set associative, 8 entries\nD 4Mx4wx8"
IDS_CTLB_05H "Data TLB: 4M pages, 4-way set associative, 8 entries\n4Mx4wx8"
IDS_CTLB_06H "1st-level instruction cache: 8K, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size\nI 8Kx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_08H "1st-level instruction cache: 16K, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size\nI 16Kx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_0AH "1st-level data cache: 8K, 2-way set associative, 32 byte line size\nD 8Kx2wx32"
IDS_CTLB_0CH "1st-level data cache: 16K, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size\nD 16Kx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_22H "3rd-level cache: 512K, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size, 2 lines per sector\n512Kx4wx64"
IDS_CTLB_23H "3rd-level cache; 1M, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector\n1Mx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_25H "3rd-level cache: 2M, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector\n2Mx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_29H "3rd-level cache: 4M, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector\n4Mx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_2CH "1st-level data cache: 32K, 8-way asociative, 64 byte line size\nD 32Kx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_30H "1st-level instruction cache: 32K, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size\nI 32Kx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_40H "No 2nd-level cache, or, if processor contains a valid 2nd-level cache, no 3rd-level cache"
IDS_CTLB_41H "2nd-level cache: 128K, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n128Kx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_42H "2nd-level cache: 256K, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n256Kx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_43H "2nd-level cache: 512K, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n512Kx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_44H "2nd-level cache: 1M, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n1Mx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_45H "2nd-level cache: 2M, 4-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n2Mx4wx32"
IDS_CTLB_46H "3rd-level cache: 4M, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n4Mx4wx64"
IDS_CTLB_47H "3rd-level cache, 8M, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n8Mx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_49H "2nd-level cache: 4M, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n4Mx16wx64"
IDS_CTLB_50H "Instruction TLB: 4K and 2M or 4M pages, 64 entries\nI 4K+2M/4Mx64"
IDS_CTLB_51H "Instruction TLB: 4K and 2M or 4M pages, 128 entries\nI 4K+2M/4Mx128"
IDS_CTLB_52H "Instruction TLB: 4K and 2M or 4M pages, 256 entries\nI 4K+2M/4Mx256"
IDS_CTLB_56H "Data TLB0: 4M pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries\nD 4Mx4wx16"
IDS_CTLB_57H "Data TLB0: 4K pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries\nD 4Kx4wx16"
IDS_CTLB_5BH "Data TLB: 4K and 4M pages, 64 entries\nD 4K+4Mx64"
IDS_CTLB_5CH "Data TLB: 4K and 4M pages, 128 entries\nD 4K+4Mx128"
IDS_CTLB_5DH "Data TLB: 4K and 4M pages, 256 entries\nD 4K+4Mx254"
IDS_CTLB_60H "1st-level data cache: 16K, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n16Kx8x64"
IDS_CTLB_66H "1st-level data cache: 8K, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n8Kx4wx64"
IDS_CTLB_67H "1st-level data cache: 16K, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n16Kx4wx64"
IDS_CTLB_68H "1st-level data cache: 32K, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n32Kx4wx64"
IDS_CLTB_70H "Trace cache: 12K-uOp, 8-way set associative\nTr 12Kx8w"
IDS_CTLB_71H "Trace cache: 16K-uOp, 8-way set associative\nTr 16Kx8w"
IDS_CTLB_72H "Trace cache: 32K-uOp, 8-way set associative\nTr 32Kx8w"
IDS_CTLB_78H "2nd-level cache: 128K, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n128Kx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_79H "2nd-level cache: 128K, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector\n128Kx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_7AH "2nd-level cache: 256K, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector\n256Kx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_7BH "2nd-level cache: 512K, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector\n512Kx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_7CH "2nd-level cache: 1M, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 2 lines per sector\n1Mx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_7DH "2nd-level cache: 2M, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n2Mx82x64"
IDS_CTLB_7FH "2nd-level cache: 512K, 2-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n512Kx2wx64"
IDS_CTLB_82H "2nd-level cache: 256K, 8-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n256Kx8wx32"
IDS_CTLB_83H "2nd-level cache: 512K, 8-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n512Kx8wx32"
IDS_CTLB_84H "2nd-level cache: 1M, 8-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n1Mx8wx32"
IDS_CTLB_85H "2nd-level cache: 2M, 8-way set associative, 32 byte line size\n2Mx8wx32"
IDS_CTLB_86H "2nd-level cache: 512K, 4-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n512Kx4wx64"
IDS_CTLB_87H "2nd-level cache: 1M, 8-way set associative, 64 byte line size\n1Mx8wx64"
IDS_CTLB_B0H "Instruction TLB: 4K pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries\nI 4Kx4x128"
IDS_CTLB_B3H "Data TLB: 4K pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries\nD 4Kx4wx128"
IDS_CTLB_B4H "Data TLB1: 4K pages, 4-way set associative, 256 entries\nD 4Kx4wx256"
IDS_CTLB_F0H "64-byte prefetching"
IDS_CTLB_F1H "128-byte prefetching"

CPUID(3): Processor serial number

Display (Intel)

Note that this page is only displayed in debug mode, unless the processor has a processor serial number capability. No CPU since the Pentium III has had this capability, and therefore this page is not normally displayed. This page will not display in release mode if CPUID(0).EAX < 3.

Display (AMD)

This display is not supported for AMD platforms.

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
GetCPUID(1, &regs);

EDX1b EDX;
EDX.w = regs.EDX;
if(regs.EAX >= 3 && EDX.bits.PSN)
   { /* has processor serial number */
    GetCPUID(3, &regs);
    LARGE_INTEGER serial;
    serial.LowPart = regs.ECX;
    serial.HighPart = regs.EDX;

    ... use serial.QuadPart here
   } /* has processor serial number */

CPUID(4, n): Cache information

Display (Intel)

Note that each cache line display for each value of n is essentially identical. However, if the cache type is undefined, then that information is not displayed. In debug mode, cache line pages 1..6 will always be displayed. The number of caches reported is currently fixed at compile time and limited to at most 6 caches. More can be added by adding more pages. In release mode, these pages will not be displayed if CPUID(0).EAX < 4.

Display (AMD)

This display is not supported for AMD platforms.

Structures

EAX:
31         26 25                    14 13    10  9  8 7    5 4        0
+------------+------------------------+--------+--+--+------+----------+
| cores/pkg  | threads sharing cache-1|########|FA|SI|Level |   Type   |
+------------+------------------------+--------+--+--+------+----------+
FA - Fully associative                                           |
SI - Self-initializing                                           |
                                                                 |
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+
 |
 00H - no more cache information
 01H - Data cache
 02H - Instruction cache
 03H - Unified (data + instruction) cache
EBX:
31                 22 21                12 11                     0
+--------------------+--------------------+------------------------+
|  associativity - 1 | line partitions - 1|Coherency line size - 1 |
+--------------------+--------------------+------------------------+
ECX:
 31                                                               0
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                         Number of sets -1                        |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
EDX: Reserved
typedef union {
    struct { // low order
         UINT CacheType:5;        // 4..0
         UINT CacheLevel:3;       // 7..5
         UINT SelfInitializing:1; // 8
         UINT FullyAssociative:1; // 9
         UINT Reserved:4;         // 13..10
         UINT ThreadsSharing:12;  // 25..14
         UINT CoresPerPackage:6;  // 31..26
     } bits; // high order
     UINT w;
} EAX4b;
typedef union {
    struct { // low order
         UINT SystemCoherencyLineSize:12; // 11..0
         UINT PhysicalLinePartitions:10;  // 21..12
         UINT WaysOfAssociativity:10;     // 32..22
    } bits; // high order
    UINT w;
} EBX4b;

Useful techniques

for(UINT i = 0; i < 256; i++)
   { /* examine each level */
    CPUregs regs;
    regs.ECX = i; // Note that ECX must be set before doing the call!
    GetCPUID(4, &regs);
    EAX4b EAX;
    EAX.w = regs.EAX;
    if(EAX.bits.CacheType == 0)
       break; // no more cache information available

    UINT ActualThreadsSharingCache = EAX.ThreadsSharing + 1;
    UINT ActualCoresPerPackage = EAX.CoresPerPackage + 1;

    EBX4b EBX;
    EBX.w = regs.EBX;

    UINT ActualSystemCoherencyLineSize = EBX.SystemCoherencyLineSize + 1;
    UINT ActualPhysicalLinePartitions = EBX.PhysicalLinePartitions + 1;
    UINT ActualNumberOfSets = regs.ECX + 1;

    ... use cache information here
   } /* examine each level */

Useful constants

IDS_CACHE_TYPE_01 "Data cache"
IDS_CACHE_TYPE_02 "Instruction cache"
IDS_CACHE_TYPE_03 "Unified (data + instruction) cache"

CPUID(5): MONITOR/MWAIT information

Display (Intel)

This page will not be displayed in release mode if CPUID(0).EAX < 5.

Note: This screen shot is obsolete, and was made on an older machine not currently available to the author. The mechanism for writing configurations was added after this screen shot was taken.

Structures

   EAX:
   31                            16 15                             0
  +--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
  |################################|    Smallest monitor line size  |
  +--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
   EBX:
   31                            16 15                             0
  +--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
  |################################|    Largest monitor line size   |
  +--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
  ECX:
   31                                                             2  1  0
  +----------------------------------------------------------------+--+--+
  |################################################################|IB|ES|
  +----------------------------------------------------------------+--+--+
  ES: Enumeration supported beyond EAX/EBX
  IB: Interrupts supported as break events

  EDX:
   31                    20 19    16 15    12 11     8 7      4 3      0
  +------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
  |########################|   C4   |   C3   |   C2   |   C1   |   C0   |
  +------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

  Number of C0 sub C states supported using MWAIT
  Number of C1 sub C states supported using MWAIT
  Number of C2 sub C states supported using MWAIT
  Number of C3 sub C states supported using MWAIT
  Number of C4 sub C states supported using MWAIT
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT SmallestMonitorLineSize:16;  // 15..0
      UINT Reserved2:16;                // 31..16
   } bits;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EAX5b;

typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT LargestMonitorLineSize:16;   // 15..0
      UINT Reserved1:16;                // 31..16
   } bits;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EBX5b;
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT MWAITEnumerationSupported:1;  // 0
      UINT InterruptsAsBreakEvents:1;    // 1
      UINT Reserved3:30;                 // 31..2
   } bits;
   UINT w;
} ECX5b;
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT C0:4;                        // 0..3
      UINT C1:4;                        // 4..7
      UINT C2:4;                        // 8..11
      UINT C3:4;                        // 15..12
      UINT C4:4;                        // 19..16
      UINT Reserved4:12;                // 31..29
   } bits;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EDX5b;

CPUID(6): Thermal and Power Management

Display

(No screen shot available)

Structure

        EAX:

   31                                                           1  0
  +--------------------------------------------------------------+--+
  |##############################################################|DS|
  +--------------------------------------------------------------+--+
  DS - Digital Temperature Sensor supporte

  EBX:

   31                                                           1  0
  +--------------------------------------------------------+--------+
  |########################################################| thcnt  |
  +--------------------------------------------------------+--------+
  thcnt - Number of interrupt thresholds in temperature sensor


  ECX:

   31                                                           1  0
  +--------------------------------------------------------------+--+
  |##############################################################|EC|
  +--------------------------------------------------------------+--+
  EC - ECNT/MCNT supported
typedef union {
   struct {                      // low order
      UINT SensorSupported:1;    // 0
      UINT Reserved1:31;         // 31..1
   } bits;                       // high order
   UINT w;
} EAX6b;

typedef union {
   struct {                      // low order
      UINT InterruptThresholds:4;// 3..0
      UINT Reserved2:26;         // 31..4
   } bits;                       // high order
   UINT w;
} EBX6b;

typedef union {
   struct {                      // low order
      UINT ACNT_MCNT:1;          // 0
      UINT Reserved3:31;         // 31..1
   } bits;                       // high order
   UINT w;
} ECX6b;

CPUID(10): Performance monitors

Display

(no screen shot available)

Structure

  EAX:
   31            24 23            16 15             8 7              0
  +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
  | EBX vector len |  GP bit width  |    counters    |   version ID   |
  +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+

  EBX:
   31                                           7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
  +----------------------------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
  |##############################################|BM|BI|CM|CR|RC|IR|CC|
  +----------------------------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

  CC - Core cycle event not available
  IR - Instruction retired event not available
  RC - Reference Cycles event not available
  CR - Last level cache reference event not available
  CM - Last-level cache-misses event not available
  BI - Branch Instruction retired event not available
  BM - Branch Mispredict retired event not available

  ECX: Reserved

  EDX:
   31                                 13 12               5 4        0
  +-------------------------------------+------------------+----------+
  |#####################################| width of counters| counters |
  +-------------------------------------+------------------+----------+
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT VersionID:8;         // 7..0
      UINT GPCounters:8;        // 15..8
      UINT GPCounterWidth:8;    // 23..16
      UINT EBXVectorLength:8;   // 31..24
   } bits;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EAX10b;

typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT CoreCycleNA:1;            // 0
      UINT InstructionRetiredNA:1;   // 1
      UINT ReferenceCyclesNA:1;      // 2
      UINT CacheReferenceNA:1;       // 3
      UINT CacheMissNA:1;            // 4
      UINT BranchRetiredNA:1;        // 5
      UINT BranchMispredictNA:1;     // 6
      UINT Reserved1:25;             // 31..7
   } bits;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EBX10b;

typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT FixedFunctionCounters:5;    // 4..0
      UINT CounterBitWidth:8;          // 12..5
      UINT Reserved2:19;               // 31..13
   } bits;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EDX10b;

CPUID(0x80000000): Extended CPU information

Display (Intel)

Structure

EAX: The highest vale of extended CPUID request permitted
EBX: Reserved
ECX: Reserved
EDX: Reserved

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
CPUID(0x80000001, &regs);

CPUID(0x80000001): Extended processor information

Display (Intel)

Display (AMD)

The AMD registers are too detailed to show on one page; see CPUID(0x80000001):EAX, CPUID(0x80000001):EBX, CPUID(x80000001):ECX and CPUID(0x80000001):EDX.

Structure

EAX (Intel):
Extended Processor Signature and Feature Bits
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
|????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????|
+----------------------------------------------------------------+

Note that the Intel documentation does not currently describe the format of the contents of the EAX register upon return.

EBX (Intel): Reserved
  ECX: Intel

   31                                                           1  0
  +--------------------------------------------------------------+--+
  |##############################################################|LS|
  +--------------------------------------------------------------+--+

  LS- LAHF/SAHF Available (64 bit)

  ECX: AMD
 
   31                                                  4  3  2  1  0
  +--------------------------------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+
  |##################################################|AM|##|SV|CL|LS|
  +--------------------------------------------------+--+--+--+--+--+

  CL - CmpLegacy - Core Multiprocessor Legacy mode
  SV - SVM - Secure Virtual Machine
  AM - AltMovCR8 - LOCK MOV CR0 == MOV CR8
EDX: (Intel)
   31 30 29 28                   21 20 19                   12 11 10                             0
  +-----+--+-----------------------+--+-----------------------+--+--------------------------------+
  |#####|EM|#######################|ED|#######################|SY|################################|
  +-----+--+-----------------------+--+-----------------------+--+--------------------------------+
  EM - EMT64 available
  ED - Execute Disable available
  SY - SYSCALL/SYSRET available (64-bit)
   31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
 
  +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
  |3D|3X|LM|##|RD|##|FF|FX|MM|MX|##|ED|#####|P3|PT|CM|MC|PG|MT|SE|##|AP|CX|ME|PA|MS|TS|PS|DE|V8|FP|
  +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

  3D - 3DNow!(tm) support
  3X - 3DNow!(tm) extensions
  LM - Long mode
  RD - RSTSCP
  FF - FFXSR
  FX - FXSR
  MM - MMX instructions
  MX - MMX Extensions
  NX - No Execute (Execute Disabled)
  P3 - PSE36 extensions
  PT - Page attribute table
  CM - CMOV: Conditional move/compare instruction
  MC - Machine Check Architecture
  PG - Global PTE bit
  MT - Memory Type Range Registers
  SE - SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
  AP - APIC on-chip
  CX - CMXCHG8B
  ME - Machine Check Exception
  PA - Physical Address Extension
  MS - RDMSR/WRMSR support
  TS - TimeStamp Counter
  PS - Page Size extensions
  DE - Debugging extensions
  V8 - Virtual 8086 extensions
  FP - FPU87 on chip
typedef union {
    struct { // low order
       UINT LAHF_SAHF:1;       // 0
       UINT Reserved5:31;      // 31..1
    } Intel;  // high order
    struct { // low order        UINT LAHF_SAHF:1;       // 0        UINT CmpLegacy:1;       // 1        UINT SVM:1;             // 2        UINT Reserved6:1;       // 3        UINT AltMovCr8:1;       // 4        UINT Reserved5:26;      // 31..5     } AMD; // high order     UINT w;  } ECX1x;
typedef union {
   struct {  // low order
     
      UINT Reserved1:11;     // 0..10
      UINT SYSCALL_SYSRET:1; // 11
      UINT Reserved2:8;      // 19..12
      UINT ExecuteDisable:1; // 20
      UINT Reserved3:8;      // 28..21
      UINT EMT64T:1;         // 29                   
      UINT Reserved4:2;      // 30..31
   } Intel;   // high order
   struct { // low order
      UINT FPU:1;            // 0 
      UINT VME:1;            // 1 
      UINT DE:1;             // 2 
      UINT PSE:1;            // 3 
      UINT TSC:1;            // 4 
      UINT MSR:1;            // 5 
      UINT PAE:1;            // 6 
      UINT MCE:1;            // 7 
      UINT CMPXCHG8B:1;      // 8 
      UINT APIC:1;           // 9 
      UINT Reserved1:1;      // 10
      UINT SYSCALL_SYSRET:1; // 11
      UINT MTRR:1;           // 12
      UINT PGE:1;            // 13
      UINT MCA:1;            // 14
      UINT CMOV:1;           // 15
      UINT PAT:1;            // 16
      UINT PSE36:1;          // 17
      UINT Reserved2:2;      // 19..18
      UINT ExecuteDisable:1; // 20
      UINT Reserved3:1;      // 21
      UINT MMXExt:1;         // 22
      UINT MMX:1;            // 23
      UINT FXSR:1;           // 24
      UINT FFXSR:1;          // 25
      UINT Reserved4:1;      // 26
      UINT RDTSCP:1;         // 27
      UINT Reserved5:1;      // 28
      UINT LM:1;             // 29
      UINT ThreeDNowExt:1;   // 30
      UINT ThreeDNow:1;      // 31
   } AMD;   // high order
   UINT w;
} EDX1x;

CPUID(0x80000001):EAX: Extended CPU information

The display for AMD platforms is similar to the CPUID(0) display

Display (AMD)

Structure

This uses the same structure as CPUID(1):EAX.

Useful techniques

The same as CPUID(1):EAX

CPUID(0x80000001):EBX: Brand ID

Display (AMD)

Structure

  EBX: (AMD)
   31                          16 15                             0
  +------------------------------+--------------------------------+
  |##############################|          BrandID               |
  +------------------------------+--------------------------------+
       typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT Reserved;          // 31..0
   } Intel; // high order
   struct { // low order
      UINT BrandId:16;        // 15..0
      UINT Reserved:16;       // 31..16
   } AMD;
   UINT w;
} EBX1x;

CPUID(0x80000001):ECX

Display (AMD)

Structure

typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT LAHF_SAHF:1;       // 0
      UINT Reserved5:31;      // 31..1
   } Intel;  // high order
   struct { // low order
      UINT LAHF_SAHF:1;       // 0
      UINT CmpLegacy:1;       // 1
      UINT SVM:1;             // 2
      UINT Reserved6:1;       // 3
      UINT AltMovCr8:1;       // 4
      UINT Reserved5:26;      // 31..5
   } AMD; // high order
   UINT w;
} ECX1x;

CPUID(0x80000001):EDX: Extended features

Display (AMD)

Structure

typedef union {
   struct {  // low order
      UINT Reserved1:11;     // 0..10
      UINT SYSCALL_SYSRET:1; // 11
      UINT Reserved2:8;      // 19..12
      UINT ExecuteDisable:1; // 20
      UINT Reserved3:8;      // 28..21
      UINT EMT64T:1;         // 29
      UINT Reserved4:2;      // 30..31
   } Intel;   // high order

   struct { // low order
      UINT FPU:1;            // 0
      UINT VME:1;            // 1
      UINT DE:1;             // 2
      UINT PSE:1;            // 3
      UINT TSC:1;            // 4
      UINT MSR:1;            // 5
      UINT PAE:1;            // 6
      UINT MCE:1;            // 7
      UINT CMPXCHG8B:1;      // 8
      UINT APIC:1;           // 9
      UINT Reserved1:1;      // 10
      UINT SYSCALL_SYSRET:1; // 11
      UINT MTRR:1;           // 12
      UINT PGE:1;            // 13
      UINT MCA:1;            // 14
      UINT CMOV:1;           // 15
      UINT PAT:1;            // 16
      UINT PSE36:1;          // 17
      UINT Reserved2:2;      // 19..18
      UINT ExecuteDisable:1; // 20
      UINT Reserved3:1;      // 21
      UINT MMXExt:1;         // 22
      UINT MMX:1;            // 23
      UINT FXSR:1;           // 24
      UINT FFXSR:1;          // 25
      UINT Reserved4:1;      // 26
      UINT RDTSCP:1;         // 27
      UINT Reserved5:1;      // 28
      UINT LM:1;             // 29
      UINT ThreeDNowExt:1;   // 30
      UINT ThreeDNow:1;      // 31
   } AMD;   // high order
   UINT w;
} EDX1x;

CPUID(0x80000002)..CPUID(0x80000004): Processor brand string

Display

The display is essentially identical for all pages, so page 0x8000004 is shown here because it illustrates a useful factoid.

The processor brand string is a 48-character (8-bit ANSI) string terminated by a 0 character. In this page, the values seen in the registers are

EAX: 0x7365636f 'seco'
EBX: 0x20726f73 ' ros'
ECX: 0x30312e31 '01.1'
EDX: 0x007a4847 '\0zHG'

The key here is that an x86 is a "little-endian" machine, that is, when addressing a multibyte value, the address specified is the address of the low-order byte and increasing addresses in memory represent successively higher-order bytes. Thus a chacter sequence "1234" is represented as the bytes in memory

+--+--+--+--+
|31|32|33|34|
+--+--+--+--+

This means that if the value is treated as an integer, it is see as the integer value

0x34333231

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
CStringA BrandName;
for(UINT i = 0x80000002; i <= 0x80000004; i++)
   { /* get strings */
    GetCPUID(i, &regs);
    CStringA a((LPCSTR)&regs.EAX, 4);
    CStringA b((LPCSTR)&regs.EBX, 4);
    CStringA c((LPCSTR)&regs.ECX, 4);
    CStringA d((LPCSTR)&regs.EDX, 4);
    BrandName += a + b + c + d;
   } /* get strings */
LPCSTR p = BrandName.GetBuffer();
BrandName.ReleaseBuffer();

A trick in the above code is to deal with the \0 byte which has become part of the string. By doing the GetBuffer and ReleaseBuffer, the length of the string is recomputed and the terminal \0 byte is no longer considered part of the string. This is an MFC programming trick.

CPUID(0x80000005): Reserved

Display (Intel)

This page will not be displayed in release mode if CPUID(0x80000000).EAX < 0x800000005.

Structure (Intel)

All values are reserved

CPUID(0x80000005):EAX 2MB and 4MB TLB parameters

Display (AMD)

Structure (AMD)

  Intel:
    EAX: Reserved
    EBX: Reserved
    ECX: Reserved
    EDX: Reserved
  AMD:
    EAX:
     31            24 23            16 15             8 7              0
    +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
    | D 2M+4M assoc  | D 2M+4M count  | I 2M+4M assoc  | I 2M+4M count  |
    +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
    EBX:
     31            24 23            16 15             8 7              0
    +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
    | D 4K assoc     | D 4K count     | I 4K assoc     | I 4K count     |
    +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
    ECX:
     31            24 23            16 15             8 7              0
    +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
    | D L1 size (KB) | D L1 assoc     | D L1 lines/tag | D L1 line size |
    +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
    EDX:
     31            24 23            16 15             8 7              0
    +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
    | I L1 size (KB) | I L1 assoc     | I L1 lines/tag | I L1 line size |
    +----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
             |
             00 reserved
             01 direct mapped
             02..FE n-way mapping
             FF fully associative
typedef union { // 2M+4M page TLB info
   struct { // low order
      UINT Reserved:32;     // 31..0
   } Intel;
   struct { // low order
      UINT InstCount:8;    // 7..0
      UINT InstAssoc:8;    // 15..8
      UINT DataCount:8;    // 23..16
      UINT DataAssoc:8;    // 31..24
   } AMD;
   UINT w;
} EAX5x;

typedef union { // 4K page TLB info
   struct { // low order
      UINT Reserved:32;     // 31..0
   } Intel;
   struct { // low order
      UINT InstCount:8;    // 7..0
      UINT InstAssoc:8;    // 15..8
      UINT DataCount:8;    // 23..16
      UINT DataAssoc:8;    // 31..24
   } AMD;
   UINT w;
} EBX5x;

typedef union { // L1 data cache info
   struct { // low order
      UINT Reserved:32;     // 31..0
   } Intel;
   struct { // low order
      UINT LineSize:8;     // 7..0
      UINT LinesPerTag:8;  // 15..8
      UINT Associativity:8;// 23..16
      UINT CacheSize:8;    // 31..24
   } AMD;
   UINT w;
} ECX5x;

typedef union { // L1 instruction cache info
   struct { // low order
      UINT Reserved:32;     // 31..0
   } Intel;
   struct { // low order
      UINT LineSize:8;     // 7..0
      UINT LinesPerTag:8;  // 15..8
      UINT Associativity:8;// 23..16
      UINT CacheSize:8;    // 31..24
   } AMD;
   UINT w;
} EDX5x;

CPUID(0x800000006): Cache line information

Display (Intel)

Display (AMD)

See CPUID(0x80000006):EAX, CPUID(0x8000006):EBX and CPUID(0x80000006):ECX for details

This page is not displayed in a release build unless CPUID(0x80000000).EAX >= 0x80000006.

Structure

Intel:
             EAX: Reserved
             EBX: Reserved
   EDX: Reserved
     ECX:
    31                          16 15    12 11     8 7              0
   +------------------------------+--------+--------+----------------+
   |    Cache size in 1K units    |L2 Assoc|########|  CacheLineSize |
   +------------------------------+--------+--------+----------------+
                                    |
                                    |
                                    00H Disabled
                                    01H Direct mapped
                                    02H 2-way associative
                                    04H 4-way associative
                                    06H 8-way associative
                                    08H 16-way associative
                                    0FH Fully associative
   AMD:
       EAX:  L2 TLB parameters, 2M/4M pages

   31    28 27                    16 15    12 11                      0
  +--------+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+
  |D assoc |      D size            |I assoc | I size                  |
  +--------+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+

 

 

  EBX:  L2 TLB parameters, 4K pages

   31    28 27                    16 15    12 11                      0
  +--------+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+
  |D assoc |      D size            |I assoc | I size                  |
  +--------+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+

  ECX: L2 cache parameters
   31                             16 15    12 11     8 7              0
  +---------------------------------+--------+--------+----------------+
  |      Cache size in 1K units     |L2 Assoc|  LPT   |  CacheLineSize |
  +---------------------------------+--------+--------+----------------+
                                      |
                                      |
                                      IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_00H "Disabled"
                                      IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_01H "Direct mapped"
                                      IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_02H "2-way associative"
                                      IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_04H "4-way associative"
                                      IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_06H "8-way associative"
                                      IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_08H "16-way associative"
                                      IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_0FH "Fully associative"
   LPT - Lines Per Tag
  
   EDX: Reserved
typedef union
   struct { // low order
      UINT LineSize:8;        // 7..0
      UINT Reserved1:4;       // 11..8
      UINT Associativity:4;   // 15..12
      UINT CacheSize:16;      // 31..16
   } Intel; // high order
   struct { // low order
      UINT LineSize:8;        // 7..0
      UINT LinesPerTag:4;     // 11.8
      UINT Associativity:4;   // 15..12
      UINT CacheSize:16;      // 31..16
   } AMD;   // high order
   UINT w;
} ECX6x;

Useful constants

IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_00H "Disabled"
IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_01H "Direct mapped"
IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_02H "2-way associative"
IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_04H "4-way associative"
IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_06H "8-way associative"
IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_08H "16-way associative"
IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_0FH "Fully associative"

Useful techniques

CPUregs regs;
GetCPUID(0x80000000, &regs);

if(regs.EAX >= 0x800000006)
   { /* cache information available */
    GetCPUID(0x80000006, &regs);
    ECX6x ECX;
    ECX.w = regs.ECX;
    CacheSize = ECX.bits.CacheSize * 1024;
    ...
   } /* cache information available */

CPUID(0x80000006):EAX: L2 TLB parameters, 2M and 4M pages

Display (AMD)

Structure

  EAX:  L2 TLB parameters, 2M/4M pages

   31    28 27                    16 15    12 11                      0
  +--------+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+
  |D assoc |      D size            |I assoc | I size                  |
  +--------+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+
       |                             |
       +-----------------------------+
                                     |
                                     00 reserved
                                     01 direct mapped
                                     02..FE n-way mapping
                                     FF fully associative
typedef union { // 2M and 4M TLB parameters
   struct {
      UINT Reserved:32;      // 31..0
   } Intel;

   struct { // low order
      UINT InstCount:12;     // 11..0
      UINT InstAssoc:4;      // 15..12
      UINT DataCount:12;     // 27..16
      UINT DataAssoc:4;      // 31..28
   } AMD;   // high order
   UINT w;
} EAX6x;

CPUID(0x80000006):EBX: L2 TLB parameters, 4K pages

Display (AMD)

Structure

  EBX:  L2 TLB parameters, 4K pages

   31    28 27                    16 15    12 11                      0
  +--------+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+
  |D assoc |      D size            |I assoc | I size                  |
  +--------+------------------------+--------+-------------------------+
       |                             |
       +-----------------------------+
                                     |
                                     00 reserved
                                     01 direct mapped
                                     02..FE n-way mapping
                                     FF fully associative
typedef union { // 4K TLB parameters
   struct {
      UINT Reserved:32;      // 31..0
   } Intel;

   struct { // low order
      UINT InstCount:12;     // 11..0
      UINT InstAssoc:4;      // 15..12
      UINT DataCount:12;     // 27..16
      UINT DataAssoc:4;      // 31..28
   } AMD;   // high order
   UINT w;
} EBX6x;

CPUID(0x80000006):ECX: L2 cache parameters

Display (AMD)

Structure

  Intel:

  ECX:
   31                          16 15    12 11     8 7              0
  +------------------------------+--------+--------+----------------+
  |    Cache size in 1K units    |L2 Assoc|########|  CacheLineSize |
  +------------------------------+--------+--------+----------------+
                                  |
                                  |
                                  IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_00H "Disabled"
                                  IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_01H "Direct mapped"
                                  IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_02H "2-way associative"
                                  IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_04H "4-way associative"
                                  IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_06H "8-way associative"
                                  IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_08H "16-way associative"
                                  IDS_L2_ASSOCIATIVITY_0FH "Fully associative"
                               
   AMD:

typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT LineSize:8;        // 7..0
      UINT Reserved1:4;       // 11..8
      UINT Associativity:4;   // 15..12
      UINT CacheSize:16;      // 31..16
   } Intel; // high order
   struct { // low order
      UINT LineSize:8;        // 7..0
      UINT LinesPerTag:4;     // 11.8
      UINT Associativity:4;   // 15..12
      UINT CacheSize:16;      // 31..16
   } AMD;   // high order
   UINT w;
} ECX6x;

CPUID(0x80000007): Reserved (Intel)/Advanced Power Management (AMD)

Display (Intel)

Structure

All fields are reserved

Display (AMD)

This page is not displayed in release builds if GetCPUID(0x80000000).EAX < 0x800000007.

Structure

  Intel:

  EAX: Reserved
  EBX: Reserved
  ECX: Reserved
  EDX: Reserved

  AMD:

  EAX: Reserved
  EBX: Reserved
  ECX: Reserved
 
   31                                           9  8 7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0
  +----------------------------------------------+--+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+
  |##############################################|TI|####|ST|TM|TT|VI|FI|TS|
  +----------------------------------------------+--+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+
  TI - TSC Invariant
  ST - Software Thermal Control
  TM - Harware Thermal Control
  TT - ThermaTrip supported
  VI - Voltage ID supported
  FI - Frequency ID supported
  TS - Temperature Sensor
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT TS:1;           // 0
      UINT FID:1;          // 1
      UINT VID:1;          // 2
      UINT TTP:1;          // 3
      UINT TM:1;           // 4
      UINT STC:1;          // 5
      UINT Reserved1:2;    // 7..6
      UINT TSCInvariant:1; // 8
      UINT Reserved2:23;   // 31..9
   } AMD;  // high order
   UINT w;
} EDX7x;

CPUID(0x80000008): Virtual and physical memory sizes

Display

This page is not displayed in release mode builds if GetCPUID(0x8000000).EAX < 0x80000008.

Structure

EAX:

 31                          16 15              8 7              0
+------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+
|##############################|VirtualMemoryBits|PhysicalMemoryBi|
+------------------------------+-----------------+----------------+
EBX: Reserved
ECX: Reserved
EDX: Reserved
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT PhysicalAddressBits:8; // 7..0
      UINT VirtualAddressBits:8;  // 15..8
      UINT Reserved:16;           // 31..16
   } bits; // high order
   UINT w;
} EAX8x;

Useful Techniques

Note that if VirtualMemoryBits or PhysicalMemoryBits were to be 64, the actual memory size cannot be computed correctly because of overflow. For example

CPUregs regs;
GetCPUID(0x8000008, &regs);
ULONGLONG MemorySize = 1 << EAX.PhysicalAddressBits;

will give an incorrect result when EAX.PhysicalAddressBits == 64. You will need to deal with this in a manner appropriate to your application.

CString s;
const static ULONGLONG kilo = 1024;
const static ULONGLONG mega = kilo * 1024;
const static ULONGLONG giga = mega * 1024;
const static ULONGLONG tera = giga * 1024;
const static ULONGLONG peta = tera * 1024;
const static ULONGLONG exa = peta * 1024;
ULONGLONG AddressMax = ((LONGLONG)1) << AddressBits;
if(AddressBits == 64)
   s.Format(_T("%I64dEB"), ((((LONGLONG)1) << 63) / exa) * 2);
else
if(AddressMax / exa > 0)
   s.Format(_T("%I64d EB"), AddressMax / exa);
else
if(AddressMax / peta > 0)
   s.Format(_T("%I64d PB"), AddressMax / peta);
else
if(AddressMax / tera > 0)
   s.Format(_T("%I64d TB"), AddressMax / tera);
else
if(AddressMax / giga > 0)
   s.Format(_T("%I64d GB"), AddressMax / giga);
else
if(AddressMax / mega > 0)
   s.Format(_T("%I64d MB"), AddressMax / mega);
else
if(AddressMax / kilo > 0)
   s.Format(_T("%I64d KB"), AddressMax / kilo);
else
   s.Format(_T("%I64d B"), AddressMax);

CPUID(0x8000000A): Secure Virtual Machine parameters

Display

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This page is not displayed in release mode if CPUID(0x80000001):ECX.SVM is 0.

Structure

  EAX:
   31                                             8 7              0
  +------------------------------------------------+----------------+
  |################################################|  SVM revision  |
  +------------------------------------------------+----------------+

  EBX: NASID

  ECX: Reserved

  EDX: Reserved
typedef union {
   struct { // low order
      UINT SVMRev:8;     // 7..0
      UINT Reserved:24;  // 31..8
   } AMD;   // high order
   UINT w;
} EAX10x;

The .cpuid files

The .cpuid files are in XML format.  Note that the parser used to recognize these is not a full XML parser and therefore this format is fairly rigid.  The filename is synthesized from the values in GetCPUID(0x80000002)..GetCPUID(0x80000004).  This file was named "Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 265.cpuid".  In the interest of conciseness, a few elements which are all 0 values are elided.

<?xml version "1.0"?>
<CPUID:id name="Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 265"/>
<CPUID:block>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x0">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x00000001" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x68747541" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x444d4163" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x69746e65" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x1">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x00020f12" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x00020800" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x00000001" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x178bfbff" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000000">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x80000018" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x68747541" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x444d4163" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x69746e65" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000001">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x00020f12" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x00000c04" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x00000003" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0xe3d3fbff" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000002">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x6c617544" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x726f4320" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x4d412065" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x704f2044" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000003">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x6f726574" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x6d74286e" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x72502029" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x7365636f" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000004">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x20726f73" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x00353632" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x00000000" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x00000000" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000005">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0xff08ff08" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0xff20ff20" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x40020140" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x40020140" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000006">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x00000000" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x42004200" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x04008140" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x00000000" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000007">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x00000000" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x00000000" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x00000000" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x0000000f" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000008">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x00003028" />
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x00000000" />
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x00000001" />
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x00000000" />
   </CPUID:CPUID>
</CPUID:block>
 

The filename "Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 265.cpuid". is synthesized from the indicated string, which is shown below

   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000002">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x6c617544" />  'lauD'
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x726f4320" />  'roC '
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x4d412065" />  'MA e'
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x704f2044" />  'pO D'
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000003">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x6f726574" />  'oret'
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x6d74286e" />  'mt(n'
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x72502029" />  'rP )'
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x7365636f" />  'seco'
   </CPUID:CPUID>
   <CPUID:CPUID EAX="0x80000004">
     <CPUID:EAX value="0x20726f73" />  ' ros'
     <CPUID:EBX value="0x00353632" />  '\0562'
     <CPUID:ECX value="0x00000000" />  '\0\0\0\0'
     <CPUID:EDX value="0x00000000" />  '\0\0\0\0'

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