[CentOS] OT: AMD CPU actual speed....

[John Summerfield]

Jay Leafey wrote:
> Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
>> I know this is a bit OT, but the subject of CPU speed came up here and 
>> I was (and have been for some time) curious:
>>
>> What is the actual speed of an AMD CPU?  E.g., I have a Athlon 64 X2 
>> "4200+" but my /proc/cpuinfo shows 1005.164 MHz for the two cores.
>>
>> What do those mean?  Is there a reference for this (huge) discrepancy?
>>
>> Also, is there a way (and what) to tell what the actuall running speed 
>> of memory is?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> 
> Well, now, that's just weird!  Here's the contents of /proc/cpuinfo on 
> my Dell E521 with the same processor:
> 
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 75
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
> stepping        : 2
> cpu MHz         : 2205.548
> cache size      : 512 KB
> physical id     : 0
> siblings        : 2
> core id         : 0
> cpu cores       : 2
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 1
> wp              : yes
> 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 lm 
> 3dnowext 3dnow pni
> bogomips        : 4412.52
> 
> (second core info snipped)
> 
> You'll note that mine indicates 2205.548 MHz.

Don't worry about it, I've had my 1.5Ghz laptop switch up and down, as 
low as 233 or so.

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