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Lm-Sensors VS Core Temp

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Lm-Sensors logo Lm-Sensors

Lm-Sensors is a free and open-source application that provides tools and drivers for monitoring...

Core Temp logo Core Temp

Nov 4, 2017 - Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint, yet powerful program to monitor processor temperature and other vital information.
  • Lm-Sensors Landing page
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    2023-10-20
  • Core Temp Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-18

Lm-Sensors videos

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Ubuntu: Fan not detected by lm-sensors

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  • Tutorial - how to: lm-sensors great for overclocking in linux

Core Temp videos

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Core Temp Processor Monitor

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Category Popularity

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Lm-Sensors

Core Temp

Monitoring Tools
25 25%
Monitoring Tools
75% 75
Device Management
20 20%
Device Management
80% 80
System Information
19 19%
System Information
81% 81
Log Management
100 100%
Log Management
0% 0

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Core Temp Reviews

  1. Good CPU Temperature Monitor software

    Core Temp is free and easy to use CPU temperature monitoring software. Displays core temperature in easy to understandable manner. Great tool helps us to keep an eye on your CPU Temperature to avoid Hardware failure.

    🏁 Competitors: HWMonitor
    👍 Pros:    Easy to use
    👎 Cons:    Interface needs improvement
7 Best Speedfan Alternatives for 2023
Core Temp is another good Speedfan alternative. It’s similar features to Real Temp, but is more flexible and can monitor a much larger number of CPUs, including those from AMD and VIA. Core Temp doesn’t use traditional onboard thermal sensors, but monitors CPU’s embedded Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS).
Source: www.technize.com
11 Best CPU Temperature Monitor For Windows PC To Check Accurate CPU Temp Readings
Core Temp collects data using the Digital Thermal Sensors that all major processors have on them. These sensors give more accurate information and Core Temp utilizes them to show us data.
Source: www.softlay.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Lm-Sensors seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 7 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Lm-Sensors mentions (7)

  • laptop overheating
    Can you tell if they spinning at all? I've had many fans just go bad over the years. You might try using lm-sensors to see if you get any helpful info from the OS. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Any software like FanControl?
    There is lm-sensors which has fancontrol. GUI-edition. Source: about 1 year ago
  • How to control fan?
    Https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors did you follow these instructions also? I feel like the im-sensors was an important step. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Security issue regarding ec_sys?
    Thanks, are you talking about https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors ? Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Keyboard + mouse + headphones for FPS games, suggestions?
    OpenRGB required a kernel patch, because it is trying to interface over I2C from userspace and one of the I2C controllers it needed support for didn't have a functional driver in the kernel yet. One of the biggest problems with the I2C bus, is that the kernel misses a lot of drivers for the various I2C controllers because the data sheets are usually not publicly available. This is also why lm-sensors often has... Source: over 2 years ago
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Core Temp mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Core Temp yet. Tracking of Core Temp recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Lm-Sensors and Core Temp, you can also consider the following products

Open Hardware Monitor - Monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds, with optional graph.

Hardinfo - Hardinfo is a system information and benchmark tool for Linux.

SpeedFan - Hardware monitor for Windows that can access digital temperature sensors located on several 2-wire SMBus Serial Bus. Can access voltages and fan speeds and control fan speeds. Includes technical articles and docs.

CPU-Z - CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system : Processor name and number, codename, process, package, cache levels.

Laptop Mode Tools - Laptop Mode Tools is a package of userspace scripts for Linux kernel "laptop mode".

HWMonitor - HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed.

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