How to know if you are running ARM or x64 version of dotnet on MacOS

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Siddharth Jain

You can find it out by running dotnet --info.

x64

% dotnet --info
.NET SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   6.0.404
 Commit:    be4f3ec411

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Mac OS X
 OS Version:  13.1
 OS Platform: Darwin
 RID:         osx-x64
 Base Path:   /usr/local/share/dotnet/x64/sdk/6.0.404/

global.json file:
  Not found

Host:
  Version:      6.0.12
  Architecture: x64
  Commit:       02e45a41b7

.NET SDKs installed:
  6.0.404 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/x64/sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.12 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/x64/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.12 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/x64/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

Download .NET:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

Learn about .NET Runtimes and SDKs:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet/runtimes-sdk-info

ARM64

% dotnet --info
.NET SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   6.0.404
 Commit:    be4f3ec411

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Mac OS X
 OS Version:  13.1
 OS Platform: Darwin
 RID:         osx-arm64
 Base Path:   /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.404/

global.json file:
  Not found

Host:
  Version:      6.0.12
  Architecture: arm64
  Commit:       02e45a41b7

.NET SDKs installed:
  6.0.404 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.12 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.12 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

Download .NET:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

Learn about .NET Runtimes and SDKs:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet/runtimes-sdk-info

Both versions can be installed side-by-side as seen above.

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