Get CPU Temperature And Thermal Information

Category: Mac

You can obtain CPU temperature and thermal information for your Mac from the command line as follows:

sysctl machdep.xcpm.cpu_thermal_level

Sample output:

machdep.xcpm.cpu_thermal_level: 60

To show more detailed information including fan speed (RPM) and CPU die temperature:

sudo powermetrics --samplers smc

Sample output:

**** SMC sensors ****

CPU Thermal level: 36
IO Thermal level: 0
Fan: 1228.98 rpm
CPU die temperature: 64.88 C
CPU Plimit: 0.00
GPU Plimit (Int): 0.00 
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