Having a 32-bit or 64-bit processor makes a big difference these days, as support for 32-bit operating systems and applications was generally abandoned, and today we can consider them to have become obsolete and abandoned. Despite everything, it is still possible to find old computers and devices that can be configured with 32-bit processors, and it is important to know how to tell them apart.

If you are not sure how to tell if a processor is 32-bit or 64-bit, don’t worry because in this article I will explain step by step how can you know in different operating systemswithin seconds.

Windows operating systems

• Press the Windows key, type “cmd” without the quotes, and enter the first result.
• Type “echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%” without the quotes.
• If the result appears AMD64 congratulation your processor is 64bit otherwise it is 32bit.

Linux operating systems

• In this case, you need to enter the Linux terminal. In Ubuntu, for example, just press the keys “Ctrl+Alt+T”.
• Once there, run the “lscpu” command and that’s it, the “x86_64” link will appear in “Architecture” and in “operating modes” you will have 32 bit and 64 bit.

Mac operating systems

• We click on the apple icon and enter “About this Mac”.
• Now we have to click on “System Report” and we will see the processor model we have. If it’s an Intel Core 2 Duo or higher or an Apple M1 or higher, it’s 64-bit.

Android and iOS operating systems

• The easiest in both cases is to download a special apps like CPU-Z on Android and CPU Detector on iOS, which are free and available in official app stores.
• We enter the application and go to the system, where it appears whether the architecture of the processor ARM32 or ARM64.

Why is it important to have a 64-bit processor?

Simply put, 64-bit processors are more advanced and They can work with more RAM. A 32-bit processor can only handle a maximum of 4 GB (gigabytes) of RAM, while a 64-bit processor is theoretically capable of handling up to 18.4 million TB (terabytes).

64-bit processors can also significantly improve performance because they are capable allocate much more RAM for each process that we have active, which makes them clearly a better choice in multitasking environments, especially if we work with several simultaneous applications that consume a lot of RAM.

Games that directly require more than 4GB of RAM They are not viable on a 32-bit processor, as they do not support more than this amount of memory. 64-bit processors perform much better in virtualization tasks and also generally have excellent support and compatibility, both at the software and hardware level.

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