Well, CPUInfo has the answer: cache size of 256K for the P-II, and only 64 for K6. Also, the P-II had high-speed on-die cache, whereas the K6 had its cache memory separated on the motherboard (might be different for notebook versions though). That, and possibly kernel/code optimisation for the P-II. P-II was way more "muscular" than K6 CPUs (a friend's PII/350 outperformed a K6-II/400 by far in software rendering in Quake II, the PII could do 640*480, whereas the K6-II was limited to 400*300).
On 21.07.2007 at 22:07 Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: >Telly Williams wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have an HP Pavilion 6360 with Linux Debian. I also have a Thinkpad >that a friend gave me recently which runs Linux Debian, as well. >> >> Here's the thing. >> >> The TP, under cpuinfo, has: >> >> model name: Mobile Pentium II >> cpu MHz: 365.033 >> stepping: 10 >> cache size: 256 KB >> >> ram: 64 MB >> >> The HP, under cpuinfo, has: >> >> model name: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor >> cpu MHz: 367.497 >> stepping: 0 >> cache size: 64 KB >> >> ram: 256 MB >> >> The HP runs MUCH slower than the TP. Why is that? Is that supposed to >happen? Is it because of the step and the cache size? Is it the ram >> difference? Although I'm beginning to understand that more RAM doesn't >mean faster computer, I would think that since both speeds are close >> (irregardless of cache size) that they would be about the same speed. >How do I check what the CURRENT speed of the processor is? Maybe it's >running at a lower >> speed than what's indicated? Should I overclock the HP? Thanks. >> >> TW >> >> > >Which are the specs of the HP one firts of all? > >You can install cpufrequtils and check with `cpufreq-utils' which is the >speed and if is running under a different governor that performance >(which I doubt since is a very old machine). > >Linux doesn't modify the clock speed at least that this option is >enabled by ACPI and I don't know how is that in older pcs... > >Regards, >Jose Luis. >-- > >ghostbar on Linux/Debian 'sid' x86_64-SMP - #382503 >Weblog: http://ghostbar.ath.cx/ - http://linuxtachira.org >http://debian.org.ve - irc.debian.org #debian-ve #debian-devel-es >San Cristóbal, Venezuela. http://chaslug.org.ve >Fingerprint = 3E7D 4267 AFD5 2407 2A37 20AC 38A0 AD5B CACA B118 > > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Not far from here, by a white sun, behind a green star, lived the Steelypips, illustrious, industrious, and they hadn't a care: no spats in their vats, no rules, no schools, no gloom, no evil influence of the moon, no trouble from matter or antimatter -- for they had a machine, a dream of a machine, with springs and gears and perfect in every respect. And they lived with it, and on it, and under it, and inside it, for it was all they had -- first they saved up all their atoms, then they put them all together, and if one didn't fit, why they chipped at it a bit, and everything was just fine... -- Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
