C[omp]ute

From: "andrew cooke" <andrew@...>

Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 19:32:09 -0400 (CLT)

I am running Erlang code that has both CPUs pegged at 100%, but the data
in /proc/cpuinfo (and, presumably from the same source, the KDE power
doohickie) shows that one CPU is at a lower step speed than the other:

quiet:/proc # cat cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6400  @ 2.13GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 2128.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm
constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 5451.58
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6400  @ 2.13GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1596.000  ************************
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm
constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 5447.28
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

I've been watching this and it's always the case, as far as I can tell. 
I'll look on my laptop tomorrow (which has almost the same spec chip, but
the lower power version).

The CPU is overclocked (from 2.1 to 2.7 GHz - that doesn't change the
values reported in the data above, which show "original" values), but the
temperature is quite reasonable - never above 52C and often below 50.

Andrew