Frequency scaling survey

[Graham Watkins]

Slim Joe wrote:
> Could some list members post the result of the
> following two commands (second "cat" command may
> break across two lines):
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'
> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
>
> I'm looking to upgrade my current Sempron 1.8GHz
> and am interested to find which mainstream dual-
> core processor (Intel or AMD) is most efficient
> at doing nothing. (The Atom would be too slow
> for me.)
>
> My results:
>
> model name : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+
> 1800000 1000000
>
> TIA
>
>   
graham at graham-desktop:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'
model name    : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2180  @ 2.00GHz
model name    : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2180  @ 2.00GHz
graham at graham-desktop:~$ cat 
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
2000000 1600000 1200000
2000000 1600000 1200000

Here's mine.

-- 
Graham Watkins

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