Core Temp for Windows

What is Core Temp?

Core Temp monitors processor temperatures on Windows. It reads the CPU's digital thermal sensors rather than relying on external motherboard sensors, and displays temperature changes in real time. Its main window brings processor information and temperature readings together; on supported hardware, it shows individual core temperatures alongside minimum, maximum and load values.

Use it to observe how CPU temperatures change during your normal workloads. The publisher supports Intel, AMD and VIA processor families and provides a plug-in interface for extending the utility. The linked EXE is the publisher's Core Temp 1.21 setup download; separate 32-bit and 64-bit standalone ZIP packages are also listed on its website.

The available readings depend on the processor's sensors. The publisher notes that AMD Phenom and Opteron K10 processors have one sensor per package, so they provide one temperature reading per processor rather than independent readings for each core. Some 45 nm Intel Core 2 processors also do not report temperatures below roughly 30–40°C. Business users should check the publisher's commercial licensing, which is offered per physical machine.

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