I have a triplecore 2.1ghz, cat/cpu says 1050mhz?

[binskipy2u]

what gives.. here's the output for:

cat /proc/cpuinfo

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 8450 Triple-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 1050.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 3
core id : 1
cpu cores : 3
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
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 fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4200.37
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

processor : 2
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 8450 Triple-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 1050.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 3
core id : 2
cpu cores : 3
apicid : 2
initial apicid : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
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 fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4200.26
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate



1. why does it only say 1050? (in ubuntu w/ubuntu tweak, it said the proper amount of ghz)
2. why does it only list 2 processors? when I have 3
3. should I be worried?
just wondering..

[D-Sider]

That pretty normal for 2 cores, but I'm not sure about 3. For example, on my 2.16 Ghz Core2 Duo laptop, Windows and Linux both report 2 core with a clock speed of 1080 Mhz. Multiply that by 2 and you get the 2.16 Ghz.

So your 1050Mhz x 2 would make sense on 2 cores...

[darkshadow]

One strange thing is that is is supposed to start counting at 0 but yours is at 1 did you not scroll up enough when reading the output.

[shazbut]

1. Cool'n Quiet is enabled, so if the cores are idle they will throttle back MHz/voltage to save energy/heat. Load them up and run cat /proc/cpuinfo and you will see different numbers.
2. The first core should be processor 0, so my guess is it scrolled off the screen...
3. Not at all

[binskipy2u]

yeah, i re-ran it.. there was a zero..
thanks, i googled some more.. and did the "current speed" command.. and it was 2100mhz..

thanks for the info