corresponds to Intel’s 2nd Generation Core Processors , code-named Sandy Bridge . Specifically, stepping 7 points to the D2 stepping of Sandy Bridge, found in chips like:
This generation also introduced the instruction set, which doubled the width of vector registers to 256 bits. This allowed for a theoretical doubling of floating-point calculation throughput, significantly benefiting scientific simulations, video encoding, and financial modeling. intel64 family 6 model 42 stepping 7
: This has been Intel's primary family designation for nearly all consumer processors since the Pentium Pro era. corresponds to Intel’s 2nd Generation Core Processors ,
sysctl -n machdep.cpu.model machdep.cpu.stepping code-named Sandy Bridge . Specifically
Look for: model : 42 , stepping : 7