Re: [gentoo-user] /proc/cpuinfo

[Kristian Poul Herkild]

lør, 27 11 2010 kl. 23:52 +0000, skrev James:
> Hello,
>
> Here's some thing that I'm at a loss to understand.
>
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 75
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
> stepping        : 2
> cpu MHz         : 1000.000
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm
> 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic
> cr8_legacy
> bogomips        : 2009.17
>
>
> and a different machine:
>
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 75
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
> stepping        : 2
> cpu MHz         : 2210.892
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm
> 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic
> cr8_legacy
> bogomips        : 4422.07
>
>
> Why is the 4600+ so (under_reported) light on
> the MHZ and bogomips? it should be 2400 MHZ....?
> and more bogo mips?
>
> Ideas?
>
>
>
>

Without a doubt the result of that darn CPU throttling thingy (CPU
frequency scaling).

Read more here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml

Kind regards
Kristian Poul Herkild