Frequency scaling survey

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> 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
> @xfx:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'
> model name    : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
> model name    : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
> 
> @xfx:~$ cat 
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
> 2400000 2200000 2000000 1800000 1000000
> 2400000 2200000 2000000 1800000 1000000
> 
> 
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'
model name	: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4     CPU 2.66GHz

$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
2666600 1599960


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