Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint, yet powerful program to monitor processor temperature and other vital information.
What makes Core Temp unique is the way it works. It is capable of displaying a temperature of each individual core of every processor in your system!
You can see temperature fluctuations in real time with varying workloads. Core Temp is also motherboard agnostic.
The uniqueness of it is that it shows the temperature of each individual core in each processor in your system! You can see in real time how the CPU temperature varies when you load your CPU. It’s also completely motherboard independent.
Intel and AMD recently published detailed, public information about the “DTS” (Digital Thermal Sensor), which provides much higher accuracy and more relevant temperature reading than the standard thermal diode sensors do.
This feature is supported on all Intel Core and Core 2 based processors as well as the whole AMD’s Athlon64 line of CPUs.
Note: AMD Phenom is supported, but it does not report absolute temperature.
Core Temp also has a logging feature, allowing a user to easily record the temperature of his processor(s) over any period of time, then the data can be easily transferred into an excel datasheet for easy graphing.
Core Temp works on Windows XP Service Pack 2, 2003 Server, Vista and Windows 7 (both 32bit and 64bit versions).
Thanks to CoolIT Systems for providing a digitally signed Core Temp driver which now works on all Vista and Windows 7 versions.
Version 1.20 – 4th April, 2026
– Add new notification tray configuration. It now allows you to show/hide any of the sensors that are available. This change means that existing color configs will be reset.
– Add a battery status indicator for the notification area.
– Add updated Mini-Mode.
– Add zoom setting for the main UI (in Options –> Settings –> Display)
– Add show Processor model name in a tool-tip when the name is too long to fit in the model field.
– Fix incorrect readings or missing readings or incorrectly mapped CPUs/cores on some Intel platforms.
– Fix driver security vulnerability.
– Fix BSOD on machines with Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection enabled.
– Fix BCLK detection on some Intel gen 10 and 11 systems.
– Fix BCLK detection in some situations on AMD K8 chips.
– Fix core temperature detection on some AMD Matisse, Rembrandt and Strix APUs.
– Fix TjMax for some Zen1 CPUs
– Fix Min/Max/Avg fields not recording changes while the Core Temp window is minimized
– Fix platform detection of LGA 2066 Kaby Lake processors.
– Fix temperature reporting on AMD AM2 CPUs (G-revision)
– Fix some AMD K8 (G-revision) CPU not detected on startup message
– Fix model name detection for K8 through K14 generations
– Fix Core Temp randomly crashing (caused by 3rd party SW)
– Fix Core Temp crash on start on some AMD Ryzens with a single CCD.
– Fix Core Temp starting at the wrong window position in certain situations.
– Change G15 applet to support displaying more than 8 temperatures, use the 3rd button to scroll to the next set of temps. And fix spacing for a less twitchy UI.
– Change ini file to correctly save each setting under its section (this may lead to some settings being reset to defaults)
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