difference between /proc/cpuinfo and AMD product specs

[Arne Chr. Jorgensen]

>  undoubtedly going to regret asking this, but i installed f12 on a
> gateway laptop, whose /proc/cpuinfo reads (in part):
>
> model name      : AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60
> stepping        : 2
> cpu MHz         : 800.000
> ...
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic 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 3dnowprefetch
>
>  the above *seems* to suggest an oddly slow processor (800 MHz), but
> the "svm" flag tells me it has AMD H/W virt support, correct?
>
>  however, if i pop over to the corresponding(?) AMD page:
>
> http://products.amd.com/en-na/NotebookCPUDetail.aspx?id=18&f1=&f2=&f3=&f4=&f5=&f6=&f7=&f8=&f9=&f10=
>
> that page suggests that that processor is 2 GHz, but that there is
> *no* H/W virt support.
>
>  i'm confused.  am i just misreading something?
>
> rday
> --

I have the same if I look in /proc/cpuinfo

In Gnome you can add "CPU frequency scaling monitor" to the panel and
select settings. 


//ARNE
 
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