Frequency scaling survey

[Ray Parrish]

Kim Goldenberg 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
>>
>>     
I'm not sure if this one is dual core, actually I don't think it is, but 
here's my results.

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name'
model name    : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3400+

~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
2000000 1800000 1000000

lshw claims that this processor is capable of running at 3000000, but 
it's listed as running at 2009 mhz by most utilities I have ran on it, 
and I would be afraid of melting it down by over clocking to 3000 mhz. 
It has a 64 bit data path.

Later, Ray Parrish


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