Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video shows how to find out what processor (CPU) your Android phone or tablet uses. You can use this information to find out more about how your phone compares to new phones on the market, and to learn a bit more about the internals of your phone.
The way to find this is to download the free app from the Google play store, CPU-Z.
When you have the app installed and run it, it will tell you the model of your processor at the top. For example, mine in the video is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, which you could find more about here: qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800.
Then, farther down it shows how much your processor cores are being utilized. If you Android phone or tablet battery is dying a lot faster than it used to, you can check to see if the cores are always running at a high speed. Then you would know that you probably have some software that is always running that is killing your battery.
Farther below, it also shows your GPU renderer. This is important for really graphics intensive apps like games.
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This video shows how to find out what processor (CPU) your Android phone or tablet uses. You can use this information to find out more about how your phone compares to new phones on the market, and to learn a bit more about the internals of your phone.
The way to find this is to download the free app from the Google play store, CPU-Z.
When you have the app installed and run it, it will tell you the model of your processor at the top. For example, mine in the video is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, which you could find more about here: qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800.
Then, farther down it shows how much your processor cores are being utilized. If you Android phone or tablet battery is dying a lot faster than it used to, you can check to see if the cores are always running at a high speed. Then you would know that you probably have some software that is always running that is killing your battery.
Farther below, it also shows your GPU renderer. This is important for really graphics intensive apps like games.
Check out my facebook at: facebook.com/pages/All-How-2s/198429346974010
or my twitter: twitter.com/AllHow2s
Or my website where I have a lot of other great tutorials (such as how to take a screenshot, or how to get the start button back on Windows 8): allhow2s.com
