Frequency scaling survey

[R Kimber]

On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:33:14 -0500
Tom Ashley 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
> > >
> > > 
> 
> 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 

Mine is

model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
2200000 2000000 1800000 1000000
2200000 2000000 1800000 1000000

-Richard
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Richard Kimber
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