Frequency scaling survey

[Tom Ashley]

> 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
> >
> > 

tom at tomshome:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2220  @ 2.40GHz
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2220  @ 2.40GHz

tom at tomshome:~$
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
2400000 2000000 1600000 1200000 
2400000 2000000 1600000 1200000 

Tom Ashley