CPU

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is a hardware component that unlocks new versions of operating systems if you have reached the system requirements. In Progressbar, the player starts with the 386DK processor, which is based on the Intel 80386DX processor.

Different processors can be used by spending Progress Data, or using My menu's Hardware Manager. The best processors that can be unlocked are the Corn 11i 9.5 Ghz, MD Razor 9 9500 and CRX1686-9512 (they used to be the Corn 11i 8.0 Ghz).

Several companies exist, such as Flint (for Intel), MD (for AMD), CRX (for Cyrix and VIA), Bikerola (for Motorola), PBPower (for PowerPC), Edetä, and Pyrus (for Apple).

Upgrade Progression[]

Progressbar[]

Name	Points	Possible real-life equivalent	Notes
386DK	0	Intel 80386DX	Starting CPU Used to be called 386DX
486DK-20	25000	Intel 80486DX	Minimum for Progressbar 95 plus Used to be called 486DX-20
486DK-33	27000	Intel 80486DX	Used to be called 486DX-33
486DK2-66 MD486-67 CRX466-68	22000	Intel 80486DX2 AMD Am486DX Cyrix Cx486DX	Minimum for Progressbar 98 486DK2-66 used to be called 486DX2-66 Used to be the best CPU after 486DK2-50
Pent-150 MD Atlant 150 CRX456-150	45000	Intel Pentium AMD Athlon Unknown	Minimum for Progressbar Meme Pent-150 used to be called PIntium-150
Pent-200MXM MD Atlant 200MT CRX466-200 OK	35000	Intel Pentium MMX AMD Athlon Unknown	Pent-200MXM used to be called PIntium-200MXM
Pent-233 MD Atlant 233 CRX466-233	45000	Intel Pentium AMD Athlon Unknown	Pent-233 used to be called PIntium-233
Pent PRO 250 MD Atlant+ 250 CRX476-250CX	50000	Intel Pentium Pro Unknown Unknown	Minimum for Progressbar 2000 Pent PRO 250 used to be called Pent PRO
Pent-266 MD Atlant 266 CRX476-267	50000	Intel Pentium AMD Athlon Unknown
Pent II 300 MD Atlant 400 CRX586-400	60000	Intel Pentium II AMD Athlon Cyrix 5x86	Minimum for Progressbar XB
Pent II 400 MD Atlant 400 CRX576-400	60000	Intel Pentium II AMD Athlon Unknown
Pent II 466 MD Atlant 466 CRX586-466	90000	Intel Pentium II AMD Athlon Cyrix 5x86	Minimum for Progressbar Wista
Pent III 533 MD Atlant 533 CRX586-533	85000	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon Cyrix 5x86
Pent III 667 MD Atlant 668 CRX686-669	100000	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon Cyrix 6x86	Minimum for Progressbar 7
Pent III 850 MD Atlant 850 CRX886-850	70000	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Pent III 1Ghz MD Atlant 1000 CRX986-1000	100000	Intel Pentium III (1 GHz) AMD Athlon 1000 VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Minimum for Progressbar 8 MD Atlant 1000 used to be called MD Atlant PR1000
Pent 4 1.4Ghz MD Atlant 1400 CRX986-1400	30000	Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Minimum for Progressbar 81
Dual-Corn 1.8Ghz MD Razor 1800 CRX986-1800	150000	Intel Core Duo AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Minimum for Progressbar 10
Dual-Corn 2Ghz MD Razor 2000 CRX986-2000	200000	Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 2 2.1Ghz MD Razor 2 2100 CRX1086-2100	250000	Intel Core 2 (2.10 GHz) AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Corn 2 2.1Ghz used to be called Pent III 2.1Ghz
Corn 2 2.5Ghz MD Razor 2 2500 CRXX1086-2500	250000	Intel Core 2 (2.50 GHz) AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 3i-2K 2.6Ghz MD Razor 3 2600 CRX1186-2600	250000	Intel Core i3 AMD Ryzen 3 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 3i-2K 2.7 Ghz MD Razor 3 2700 CRX1186-2700	300000	Intel Core i3 AMD Ryzen 3 VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Minimum for Progressbar 11
Corn 5i-2K 3.0 Ghz MD Razor 4 3000 CRX1286-3000	300000	Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 4 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 5i-2K 3.1 Ghz MD Razor 4 3100 CRX1286-3100	300000	Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 4 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 5i-2K 3.5 Ghz MD Razor 4 3500 CRX1286-3500	400000	Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 4 VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Minimum for Progressbar 11.22
Corn 5i-2K 3.6 Ghz MD Razor 5 3600 CRX1286-3600	300000	Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 5 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 5i-2K 3.65 Ghz MD Razor 5 3650 CRX1286-3660	300000	Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 5 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 5i-2K 3.9 Ghz MD Razor 4 3900 CRX1286-3800	600000	Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 5 VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Minimum for Progressbar 111
Corn 7i-2K 3.7 Ghz MD Razor 5 3700 CRX1286-3700	300000	Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 7i 3.8 Ghz MD Razor 5 3800 CRX1286-3800	300000	Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5 VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Minimum for Progressbar 12 (CLIP159Modding)
Corn 7i 3.8.26 Ghz MD Razor 5 3813 CRX1287-3812	6820000	Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5 VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Minimum for Progressbar 13
Corn 8i 4.0 Ghz MD Razor 6 4000 CRX1386-4000	300000	Intel Core AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 8i 4.1 Ghz MD Razor 6 4100 CRX1386-4111	300000	Intel Core AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 9i 4.3 Ghz MD Razor 7 4330 CRX1486-4333	300000	Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 7 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 9i 4.5 Ghz MD Razor 7 4550 CRX1486-4555	300000	Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 7 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 10i 5 Ghz MD Razor 8 5005 CRX1486-5055	300000	Intel Core AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 10i 5.5 Ghz MD Razor 8 5500 CRX1486-5555	300000	Intel Core AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 10i 5.75 Ghz MD Razor 8 5750 CRX1486-5775	300000	Intel Core AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 10i 5.75 Ghz MD Razor 8 5750 CRX1486-5775	300000	Intel Core AMD Ryzen VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 11i 6.00 Ghz MD Razor 9 6006 CRX1586-6060	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 11i 6.1 Ghz MD Razor 9 6101 CRX1586-6160	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 11i 6.3 Ghz MD Razor 9 6303 CRX1586-6333	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 11i 6.5 Ghz MD Razor 9 6505 CRX1586-6555	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 11i 6.75 Ghz MD Razor 9 6707 CRX1586-6777	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 11i 7.0 Ghz MD Razor 9 7000 CRX1686-7007	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 11i 8.0 Ghz MD Razor 9 8000 CRX1686-8008	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)	Corn 11i 8.0 Ghz used to be the best CPU after CRX 11K-8
Corn 11i 9.0 Ghz MD Razor 9 9000 CRX1686-9016	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)
Corn 11i 9.5 Ghz MD Razor 9 9500 CRX1686-9512	300000	Intel Core i11 AMD Ryzen 9 VIA (formerly Cyrix)	The best CPUs since 0.9604

Progresh[]

For more information about the bxxx0xx CPUs, see Bikerola processors.

Name	Points/Requirements	Available on	Possible real-life equivalent	Notes
Bikerola 64000	0	Bar System 1	Motorola 6800	Starting CPU
Bikerola 128000	150000	Bar System 2	Motorola 68000
Bikerola 128030	250000	Bar System 3	Motorola 68030
Bikerola 128030 8Mhz	300000	Bar System 4
Bikerola 128030 8Mhz	300000	Bar System 5
Bikerola 128030 16Mhz	400000	Bar System 6
Bikerola 128030 33Mhz	500000	BarOS 7	Motorola 68LC040 33 MHz
Bikerola 128030 66Mhz	600000	BAR/X	Motorola 68LC040 66 Mhz
		BarOS 8
		ViCiGReSS (BC kernel)
PBPower 9p 200Mhz	700000	BarOS 9 and B OS (BC kernel)	PowerPC 604e 200 MHz
PBPower 630 350Mhz	1000000	BarOS 10	PowerPC G3 350 MHz
PBPower 630 350Mhz	1000000	BarOS 10.I	PowerPC G3 350 MHz
PBPower 640 1.0 Ghz	1250000	BarOS 10.II	PowerPC G4 1.0 GHz
Corn 3i-3K 3.1Ghz	1500000	BarOS 10.III	Intel Core i3
Corn 3i-6K 3.7Ghz	Pro on BarOS 10.III	BarOS 10.IV	Intel Core i3
Corn 3i-6K 3.7Ghz	Pro on BarOS 10.III	BarOS 11	Intel Core i3
B1	2000000	BarOS 12	Apple M1	B1 used to be the best CPU
B2	2000000	BarOS 13	Apple M2	B2 used to be the best CPU between 0.9505 and 1.0050
B3	2500000	BarOS 14	Apple M3	B3 used to be the best CPU between 1.0055 and 1.0510 All-in-one chip for central and graphics processing
B4	3000000	BarOS 15	Apple M4	The best CPU since 1.0520 Second all-in-one chip for central and graphics processing

Deskware[]

Name	Points	Real-life equivalent	Notes
Flint 80188	6000	Intel 80188	Starting CPU
Flint 80286	5000	Intel 80286
Flint 80386	7000	Intel 80386	Minimum for Desk GUI 2.0, the best Deskware CPU so far

Kepler Corporation[]

Name	Points	Real-life equivalent	Notes
8086	0	Intel 8086	Starting CPU Minimum for KP-DOS 1.0
8086 10 MHz		Intel 8086	Minimum for KP-DOS 2.0
80286 6 MHz		Intel 80286	Minimum for KP-DOS 3.0
80286 10 MHz		Intel 80286
80286 12 MHz		Intel 80286
386DK 12 MHz		Intel 80386DX	Minimum for KP-Shell 4.0
386DK 16 MHz		Intel 80386DX
386DK 20 MHz		Intel 80386DX
486DK 16 MHz		Intel 80486DX
486DK 25 MHz		Intel 80486DX	Minimum for KP-Shell 5.0
Pent I		Intel Pentium I	Minimum for KP-Shell 6.0
Pent II		Intel Pentium II	The best Kepler CPU so far

PBdroid[]

Name	Available in	Real Life Equivalent	Notes
Quadcone 7201	PBdroid 1.0	Qualcomm MSM7201A	Starting CPU
Quadcone 7600	PBdroid 2.0	Qualcomm MSM7600
nVD Tg II	PBdroid 3.0	NVIDIA Tegra 2	First and only nVD CPU for pbDroid Exclusive to tablets
Quadcone 8260	PBdroid 4.0	Qualcomm MSM8260
Quadcone Firebird 81	PBdroid 5.0	Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
Quadcone Firebird 82	PBdroid 6	Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Quadcone Firebird 82	PBdroid 7	Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Quadcone Firebird 83	PBdroid 8	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Quadcone Firebird 84	PBdroid 9	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Quadcone Firebird 85	PBDroid 10	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Quadcone Firebird 76P	PBDroid 11	Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G	Last Quadcone CPU
Poodle Tenser	PBDroid 12	Google Tensor (GS101)	First Poodle CPU
Poodle Tenser 62	PBDroid 13	Google Tensor G2
Poodle Tenser 63	PBDroid 14	Google Tensor G3
Poodle Tenser 64	PBDroid 15	Google Tensor G4	Last Poodle CPU The best PBDroid CPU so far

TaitaOS[]

Name	Real Life Equivalent	Notes
486DK2-90	Intel iDX4/iDX4 OverDrive	Starting CPU, minimum CPU for all TCOS β systems
Pent-150 MD Atlant 150 CRX456-150	Intel Pentium AMD Athlon Unknown	Pent-150 used to be called PIntium-150
Pent-200MXM MD Atlant 200MT CRX466-200 OK	Intel Pentium MMX AMD Athlon Unknown	Pent-200MXM used to be called PIntium-200MXM
Pent-233 MD Atlant 233 CRX466-233	Intel Pentium AMD Athlon Unknown	Pent-233 used to be called PIntium-233
Pent PRO 250 MD Atlant+ 250 CRX476-250CX	Intel Pentium Pro Unknown Unknown	Minimum for TCOS 1.0 - TCOS 4.0 Pent PRO 250 used to be called Pent PRO
Pent-266 MD Atlant 266 CRX476-267	Intel Pentium AMD Athlon Unknown
Pent II 300 MD Atlant 400 CRX586-400	Intel Pentium II AMD Athlon Cyrix 5x86	Minimum for TCOS 5.0
Edetä ED128-250		Minimum for TCOS 6.0
Edetä ED128-300
Edetä ED128-350
Edetä ED256-250		Minimum for TCOS 7.0
Edetä ED256-300		Planned for the original TCOS 8.0, which was scrapped
Edetä ED512-250		Minimum for TCOS 8.0
Edetä ED512-300
Edetä ED512-350
Edetä ED512-400
Edetä ED1024-250		Minimum for TCOS 9.0
Edetä ED2048-250		Minimum for TCOS X
Edetä ED2048-300
Edetä ED4096-250
Edetä ED4096-300		Minimum for TCOS X1
Edetä ED4096-350
Edetä ED8192-250		Minimum for TCOS X2
Edetä ED100K-25		Minimum for TaitaOS Woody
Edetä ED100K-50
Edetä ED100K-100
Edetä ED200K-25		Minimum for TaitaOS Marble
Edetä ED200K-50
Edetä ED200K-100
Edetä ED300K-25		Minimum for TaitaOS Redmond
Edetä ED300K-50
Edetä ED300K-100
Edetä ED400K-25		Minimum for TaitaOS Silver
Edetä ED400K-50
Edetä ED400K-100
Edetä ED500K-25		Minimum for TaitaOS Future
Edetä ED500K-50
Edetä ED500K-100
Edetä ED600K-25		Minimum for TaitaOS Borealis
Edetä ED600K-50
Edetä ED600K-100
Edetä ED700K-25		Minimum for TaitaOS Poly
Edetä ED700K-50		Minimum for TaitaOS PolyM
Edetä ED700K-100
Edetä 1K Core		Minimum for TaitaOS Motor
Edetä 1K Ultra
Edetä 2K Core		Minimum for TaitaOS Apls
Edetä 2K Ultra
Edetä 3K Core		Minimum for TaitaOS Seinään
Edetä 3K Ultra
Edetä 4K Core		Minimum for TaitaOS Kivi
Edetä 4K Ultra		Best Edetä CPU for laptop OSes so far

Trivia[]

As of version 0.9955, if the CPU starts overheating, all of the wallpapers turn red (except for PB-DOS Shell, non-Progress Computer systems, and custom wallpapers).
When using a CRX CPU, the boot menu for Progressbar will change to Progressive Microtrends', instead of using ENERGY's.
Some CPUs are mentioned in the Progressnet but do not exist in-game, for example:
- 386DK-20
- MD386DK-32
- MD386DK-64
- MD Atlant 350
- MD Atlant 1600