Frequency scaling survey

[Kim Goldenberg]

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
> 
Here's mine:

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E6550  @ 2.33GHz
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E6550  @ 2.33GHz
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
2333000 2000000
2333000 2000000