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. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list