diff --git a/.size-limit.json b/.size-limit.json
index c689200b..e2fb0802 100644
--- a/.size-limit.json
+++ b/.size-limit.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [
   {
     "path": "dist/index.js",
-    "limit": "12 kB"
+    "limit": "12 kB",
+    "ignore": ["node:os"]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 289f5d4e..65b3eb02 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ export default defineConfig([
           autoFix: true,
           cspell: {
             words: [
+              'armv',
               'codegen',
               'evanwashere',
               'fastly',
               'IsHTMLDDA',
               'lagon',
               'lockdown',
+              'loong',
               'moddable',
               'neostandard',
               'quickjs',
               'Quii',
+              'riscv',
               'spidermonkey',
               'workerd',
             ],
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 36a04cd6..ba65ea16 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { Bench } from './bench'
+export { getPlatformMetrics, normalizeMachine, normalizeOSType } from './platform'
 export { Task } from './task'
 export type {
   BenchEvent,
@@ -14,10 +15,14 @@ export type {
   FnHook,
   FnOptions,
   FnReturnedObject,
+  GetPlatformMetricsOptions,
   Hook,
   HookMode,
   JSRuntime,
+  Machine,
   NowFn,
+  OS,
+  PlatformMetrics,
   ResolvedBenchOptions,
   Samples,
   SortedSamples,
diff --git a/src/platform.ts b/src/platform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6393f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+import type { GetPlatformMetricsOptions, JSRuntime, Machine, OS, PlatformMetrics } from './types.js'
+
+import { runtime as jsRuntime } from './utils.js'
+
+const loadNodeOS = async (jsRuntime: JSRuntime, g: typeof globalThis = globalThis) => {
+  return ['bun', 'deno', 'node'].includes(jsRuntime)
+    ? await import('node:os')
+    : {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+        cpus: typeof g.navigator?.hardwareConcurrency === 'number'
+          ? () => {
+              return Array
+                .from(
+                  { length: (g.navigator as unknown as { hardwareConcurrency: number }).hardwareConcurrency },
+                  () => ({ model: 'unknown', speed: -1 })
+                )
+            }
+          : () => ([]),
+        freemem: () => -1,
+        getPriority: (): null | number => null,
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+        machine: typeof g.navigator?.platform === 'string'
+          ? () => g.navigator.platform.split(' ')[1] ?? 'unknown'
+          : () => 'unknown',
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+        platform: typeof g.navigator?.platform === 'string'
+          ? () => browserOSType(g.navigator.platform, g.navigator.userAgent)
+          : () => 'unknown',
+        release: () => 'unknown',
+        totalmem: typeof (g as unknown as { navigator?: { deviceMemory: number } }).navigator?.deviceMemory === 'number'
+          ? () => (g as unknown as { navigator: { deviceMemory: number } }).navigator.deviceMemory * 2 ** 30
+          : () => -1,
+      }
+}
+
+const machineLookup: Record<Lowercase<string>, Machine> = {
+  // @ts-expect-error __proto__ makes the object null-prototyped and sets it in dictionary mode
+  __proto__: null,
+  aarch64: 'arm64',
+  amd64: 'x64',
+  armv6l: 'arm',
+  armv7l: 'arm',
+  armv8l: 'arm',
+  i386: 'ia32',
+  i686: 'ia32',
+  x86: 'ia32',
+  x86_64: 'x64',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes a raw CPU architecture token (e.g. from `os.machine()` or a
+ * browser `navigator.platform`) to a canonical `process.arch`-style value.
+ * Known uname aliases are mapped (`x86_64`/`amd64` → `x64`, `aarch64` → `arm64`,
+ * `i686`/`i386`/`x86` → `ia32`); unknown tokens are lowercased and returned
+ * as-is, and non-string/empty input yields `'unknown'`.
+ * @param machine - a value to normalize
+ * @returns normalized architecture
+ */
+export function normalizeMachine (machine?: unknown): Machine {
+  if (typeof machine !== 'string' || machine.length === 0) {
+    return 'unknown'
+  }
+  const key = machine.toLowerCase()
+  return machineLookup[key as Lowercase<string>] ?? (key as Machine)
+}
+
+const osLookup: Record<Lowercase<string>, OS> = {
+  // @ts-expect-error __proto__ makes the object null-prototyped and sets it in dictionary mode
+  __proto__: null,
+  windows: 'win32',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes a raw OS token (e.g. from `os.platform()` or the browser
+ * platform fallback) to a canonical value; `windows` is mapped to `win32`, unknown tokens are
+ * lowercased and returned as-is, and non-string/empty input yields `'unknown'`.
+ * @param os - a value to normalize
+ * @returns normalized OS
+ */
+export function normalizeOSType (os?: unknown): OS {
+  if (typeof os !== 'string' || os.length === 0) {
+    return 'unknown'
+  }
+  const key = os.toLowerCase()
+  return osLookup[key as Lowercase<string>] ?? (key as OS)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maps a (deprecated) `navigator.platform` value to a canonical OS token.
+ * `navigator.platform` is the only synchronous, broadly-available signal;
+ * space-less values (e.g. `'MacIntel'`, `'Win32'`) encode the OS in a prefix,
+ * which this resolves. Apple platforms (Mac/iPhone/iPad/iPod) are Darwin-based.
+ * Android is detected from the user agent, since its `navigator.platform`
+ * reports the Linux kernel (e.g. `'Linux armv8l'`) rather than `'Android'`.
+ * @param platform - the `navigator.platform` string
+ * @param userAgent - the `navigator.userAgent` string
+ * @returns normalized OS
+ */
+function browserOSType (platform: string, userAgent = ''): OS {
+  const value = platform.toLowerCase()
+  if (
+    value.startsWith('mac') ||
+    value.startsWith('iphone') ||
+    value.startsWith('ipad') ||
+    value.startsWith('ipod')
+  ) {
+    return 'darwin'
+  }
+  if (value.startsWith('win')) {
+    return 'win32'
+  }
+  if (/android/i.test(userAgent) || value.startsWith('android')) {
+    return 'android'
+  }
+  if (value.startsWith('linux')) {
+    return 'linux'
+  }
+  return normalizeOSType(platform)
+}
+
+let cachedPlatformMetrics: null | PlatformMetrics = null
+
+/**
+ * Collects a best-effort snapshot of the host platform (CPU, memory, OS,
+ * runtime). Node-like runtimes (`bun`/`deno`/`node`) use `node:os`; other
+ * runtimes fall back to `navigator` (`hardwareConcurrency`/`deviceMemory`/
+ * `platform`). Unavailable fields use sentinels: `-1` for numbers,
+ * `'unknown'` for strings, and `null` for `priority`.
+ *
+ * The result for the default environment (`g === globalThis` and the
+ * auto-detected `runtime`) is memoized when `useCache` is `true`; pass
+ * `useCache: false` to force recomputation. Calls with a custom `g` or
+ * `runtime` bypass the cache entirely — they never read nor write it.
+ * @param opts - options; see {@link GetPlatformMetricsOptions}
+ * @returns the platform metrics
+ */
+export async function getPlatformMetrics (opts: GetPlatformMetricsOptions = {}): Promise<PlatformMetrics> {
+  const {
+    g = globalThis,
+    runtime = jsRuntime,
+    useCache = true
+  } = opts
+  const cacheable = useCache && g === globalThis && runtime === jsRuntime
+  if (cacheable && cachedPlatformMetrics !== null) {
+    return cachedPlatformMetrics
+  }
+  const userAgent = (g as unknown as { navigator?: { userAgent: string } }).navigator?.userAgent ?? ''
+
+  let cpuCores = -1
+  let cpuModel = 'unknown'
+  let cpuSpeed = -1
+  let osKernel = 'unknown'
+  let osType: OS = 'unknown'
+  let cpuMachine: Machine = 'unknown'
+  let priority: null | number = null
+  let memoryTotal = -1
+  let memoryFree = -1
+
+  const nodeOs = await loadNodeOS(runtime, g)
+
+  try {
+    osType = normalizeOSType(nodeOs.platform())
+    cpuMachine = normalizeMachine(nodeOs.machine())
+    osKernel = nodeOs.release()
+    memoryTotal = nodeOs.totalmem()
+    memoryFree = nodeOs.freemem()
+    priority = nodeOs.getPriority()
+
+    const cpus = nodeOs.cpus()
+    cpuCores = cpus.length
+    const firstCpu = cpus[0]
+    if (firstCpu) {
+      cpuModel = firstCpu.model
+      cpuSpeed = firstCpu.speed
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Best-effort: node:os can throw in restricted sandboxes; unresolved
+    // fields keep their sentinel defaults (-1 / 'unknown' / null).
+  }
+
+  const metrics: PlatformMetrics = {
+    cpuCores,
+    cpuMachine,
+    cpuModel,
+    cpuSpeed,
+    memoryFree,
+    memoryTotal,
+    osKernel,
+    osType,
+    priority,
+    runtime,
+    userAgent
+  }
+  if (cacheable) {
+    cachedPlatformMetrics = metrics
+  }
+  return metrics
+}
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 3b5a8354..e5596939 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -448,6 +448,12 @@ export interface FnReturnedObject {
   overriddenIterationCost?: number
 }
 
+export interface GetPlatformMetricsOptions {
+  g?: typeof globalThis
+  runtime?: JSRuntime
+  useCache?: boolean
+}
+
 /**
  * The hook function signature.
  * Called once per task and phase: warmup (if enabled), then run.
@@ -483,11 +489,50 @@ export type JSRuntime =
   | 'v8'
   | 'workerd'
 
+export type Machine = (
+  | 'arm64'
+  | 'arm'
+  | 'ia32'
+  | 'loong64'
+  | 'mips'
+  | 'mipsel'
+  | 'ppc64'
+  | 'riscv64'
+  | 's390x'
+  | 'x64') | (Lowercase<string> & Record<never, never>)
+
 /**
  * A function that returns the current timestamp.
  */
 export type NowFn = () => number
 
+export type OS = (
+  | 'aix'
+  | 'android'
+  | 'cygwin'
+  | 'darwin'
+  | 'freebsd'
+  | 'haiku'
+  | 'linux'
+  | 'netbsd'
+  | 'openbsd'
+  | 'sunos'
+  | 'win32') | (Lowercase<string> & Record<never, never>)
+
+export interface PlatformMetrics {
+  cpuCores: number
+  cpuMachine: Machine
+  cpuModel: string
+  cpuSpeed: number
+  memoryFree: number
+  memoryTotal: number
+  osKernel: string
+  osType: OS
+  priority: null | number
+  runtime: JSRuntime
+  userAgent: string
+}
+
 // @types/node doesn't have these types globally, and we don't want to bring "dom" lib for everyone
 export type RemoveEventListenerOptionsArgument = Parameters<
   EventTarget['removeEventListener']
diff --git a/test/platform-metrics.test.ts b/test/platform-metrics.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31c29d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/platform-metrics.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+import { getPlatformMetrics } from '../src/platform'
+
+test('platform metrics', async () => {
+  const metrics = await getPlatformMetrics({ useCache: false })
+  expect(metrics).toHaveProperty('osType')
+  expect(metrics).toHaveProperty('cpuMachine')
+})
+
+test('browser OS/arch detection from navigator.platform', async () => {
+  const g = {
+    navigator: {
+      hardwareConcurrency: 4,
+      platform: 'Linux x86_64',
+      userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64)'
+    }
+  } as unknown as typeof globalThis
+  const metrics = await getPlatformMetrics({ g, runtime: 'browser', useCache: false })
+  expect(metrics.runtime).toBe('browser')
+  expect(metrics.osType).toBe('linux')
+  expect(metrics.cpuMachine).toBe('x64')
+  expect(metrics.cpuCores).toBe(4)
+  expect(metrics.userAgent).toBe('Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64)')
+})
+
+test('browser macOS platform maps to darwin', async () => {
+  const g = {
+    navigator: { hardwareConcurrency: 8, platform: 'MacIntel', userAgent: 'mac-ua' }
+  } as unknown as typeof globalThis
+  const metrics = await getPlatformMetrics({ g, runtime: 'browser', useCache: false })
+  expect(metrics.osType).toBe('darwin')
+  expect(metrics.cpuMachine).toBe('unknown')
+})
+
+test('browser Android is detected from the user agent, not navigator.platform', async () => {
+  const g = {
+    navigator: {
+      hardwareConcurrency: 8,
+      platform: 'Linux armv8l',
+      userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14; Pixel 8)'
+    }
+  } as unknown as typeof globalThis
+  const metrics = await getPlatformMetrics({ g, runtime: 'browser', useCache: false })
+  expect(metrics.osType).toBe('android')
+  expect(metrics.cpuMachine).toBe('arm')
+})
+
+test('browser desktop Linux stays linux', async () => {
+  const g = {
+    navigator: {
+      hardwareConcurrency: 8,
+      platform: 'Linux armv8l',
+      userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux)'
+    }
+  } as unknown as typeof globalThis
+  const metrics = await getPlatformMetrics({ g, runtime: 'browser', useCache: false })
+  expect(metrics.osType).toBe('linux')
+  expect(metrics.cpuMachine).toBe('arm')
+})
+
+test('custom g/runtime never poison the default cache', async () => {
+  const g = {
+    navigator: { hardwareConcurrency: 2, platform: 'Win32', userAgent: 'fake' }
+  } as unknown as typeof globalThis
+  const fake = await getPlatformMetrics({ g, runtime: 'browser', useCache: false })
+  expect(fake.runtime).toBe('browser')
+  const real = await getPlatformMetrics()
+  expect(real.runtime).not.toBe('browser')
+})
diff --git a/test/platform-normalize-arch.test.ts b/test/platform-normalize-arch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1dc7013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/platform-normalize-arch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+import { normalizeMachine } from '../src/platform'
+
+test('normalizeArch with non string value returns unknown', () => {
+  expect(normalizeMachine(undefined)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeMachine(123)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeMachine(null)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeMachine({})).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeMachine([])).toBe('unknown')
+})
+
+test('normalizeArch', () => {
+  expect(normalizeMachine('arm')).toBe('arm')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('arm64')).toBe('arm64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('ia32')).toBe('ia32')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('loong64')).toBe('loong64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('mips')).toBe('mips')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('mipsel')).toBe('mipsel')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('ppc64')).toBe('ppc64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('riscv64')).toBe('riscv64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('s390x')).toBe('s390x')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('x64')).toBe('x64')
+})
+
+test('normalizeArch canonicalizes uname aliases to process.arch', () => {
+  expect(normalizeMachine('aarch64')).toBe('arm64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('amd64')).toBe('x64')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('armv6l')).toBe('arm')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('armv7l')).toBe('arm')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('armv8l')).toBe('arm')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('i386')).toBe('ia32')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('i686')).toBe('ia32')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('x86')).toBe('ia32')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('x86_64')).toBe('x64')
+})
+
+test('normalizeArch returns lowercase', () => {
+  expect(normalizeMachine('ARM')).toBe('arm')
+  expect(normalizeMachine('AARCH64')).toBe('arm64')
+})
diff --git a/test/platform-normalize-os.test.ts b/test/platform-normalize-os.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..588cd1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/platform-normalize-os.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+import { normalizeOSType } from '../src/platform'
+
+test('normalizeOS with non string value returns unknown', () => {
+  expect(normalizeOSType(undefined)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeOSType(123)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeOSType(null)).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeOSType({})).toBe('unknown')
+  expect(normalizeOSType([])).toBe('unknown')
+})
+
+test('normalizeOS defaults provided by node', () => {
+  expect(normalizeOSType('aix')).toBe('aix')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('android')).toBe('android')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('darwin')).toBe('darwin')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('freebsd')).toBe('freebsd')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('haiku')).toBe('haiku')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('linux')).toBe('linux')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('openbsd')).toBe('openbsd')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('sunos')).toBe('sunos')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('win32')).toBe('win32')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('cygwin')).toBe('cygwin')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('netbsd')).toBe('netbsd')
+})
+
+test('normalizeOS returns lowercase', () => {
+  expect(normalizeOSType('Linux')).toBe('linux')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('SunOS')).toBe('sunos')
+})
+
+test('normalizeOS with alternative Windows values', () => {
+  expect(normalizeOSType('Windows')).toBe('win32')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('Win16')).toBe('win16')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('Win32')).toBe('win32')
+  expect(normalizeOSType('WinCE')).toBe('wince')
+})