You might find the information available from Config useful. Here's a list of keys with 'size' in the the name: 

use Config;;
printf "$_ => %s", $Config{ $_ }||'n/a' for grep /size/i, keys %Config
+;;

charsize => 1
d_chsize => define
doublesize => 8
fpossize => 8
gidsize => 4
i16size => 2
i32size => 4
i64size => 8
i8size => 1
intsize => 4 
ivsize => 4
longdblsize => 10
longlongsize => 8
longsize => 4
lseeksize => 8
nvsize => 8
ptrsize => 4
shortsize => 2
sig_size => 27
sizesize => 4
sizetype => size_t
socksizetype => int
ssizetype => int
u16size => 2
u32size => 4
u64size => 8
u8size => 1
uidsize => 4
uvsize => 4

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intsize & ivsize are probably the most relevant for your purpose.

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In reply to Re: word size by BrowserUk
in thread word size by collin

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