HWMonitor vs HWiNFO
The kings of system monitoring go head-to-head
The OG system monitoring software from CPUID is brilliant in its simplicity.
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AH, THESE TWO TITANS. If you’ve spent any amount of time in the world of benchmarking, stress-testing your PC, or even if you’re just curious about how toasty that Ryzen 9 7950X is getting, you’ll have no doubt heard of HWMonitor and HWiNFO.
On the surface, they serve a very similar purpose. Their job, as much as it is, is to tie into the mass of sensors that litter your motherboard and supporting components, reporting on all manner of temperatures, voltages, and clock speeds that your OS and system need to know about. At this point, they then relay that information directly back to you in an easily readable format.
Now. it goes without saying that here at Maximum PC, we are big fans of both of these pieces of software. Over the years, we’ve swung back and forth between the two, as they both serve a very similar purpose, but both provide a unique array of features that can help or hinder any avid tech journalist. In fact, some manufacturers often recommend one over the other due to more accurate reporting from time to time.