AMD Athlon X2 64 Help

Hello everyone. My question is I am using AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-64 which is dual-core at 2.1ghz each core as I read in a benchmark utility and a Windows 7 utility also I believe (Windows 7 is also my current operating on the system). But when I went to canyourunit.com and another source which is escaping my mind as of this moment it says it's running at 3.36ghz. Now in my mind and I could be wrong it should be running at 4.2ghz or at least in the high 3.X ghz. I'm just curious is if this is normal or if something is wrong. Much thanks for all help. If there is anymore information I should provide let me know.

System: Hp G60-324CA laptop
OS: Windows 7
Memory: 3gb
Processor:AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-64

 

Download and run CPU-z and you will get your answer.

Also, dual core does not necessarily equal 2x the performance.

edit: my laptop's result - You Have: 2.39 GHz Performance Rated at: 4.063 GHz (You Have: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz)

It's their own whatever rating system.

 

AMD's Cool 'n Quiet is probably running. This will downclock the CPU and if the software grabs the CPU speed at the wrong time (as it likely did here), it'll give you back the wrong number. As namaiki said, download CPUz and then put some load on your CPU to see if the CPU speed jumps up to 2.1GHz.

 

I think it is running one processor at 2.1ghz and the other at 1.05ghz, at least I think that's what cpu-z is saying to me. But I think it's like this because there is a .175 voltage differential between core 1 and 2. Here are the validation results if they help http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1073129.

 

A dual core cpu cocked @ 2.1Ghz is not necessary equa to sngle core @ 4.2Ghz.

It is likely that canyourunit.com is not recognising your Athlon properly. I think that it is not even recognising it as a dual core. My guess is that canyourunit.com has not been undated since the days of the Pentium 4 and it is trying to match your Athlon to a P4.

That said the Athlon QL64 is >>>>>> than a P4 @ 3.36Ghz

 

I don't see any mention of 1.05GHz there.

 

canyourunit.com rating system seems to be just so and so

 

I will correct you
You are right with regards to Intel Core 2 Duo Processor but unfortunately this is AMD Turion Griffin Core (K8L K8 design, K10 Power Plane).
It has a NUMA architecture and separate power plane design so Core 0 is independent to Core 1.

 

Thanks. that's good to know (I updated my previous post).

Question:
Why are you saying unfortunately? I mean having this feature shorly will help reducing the power consumption, isn't it?

 

Yes it is suppose to do that.
By letting each core ramp the frequency independently less power is supposed to be wasted but unfortunately I don't notice much power saving from this lousy chip .

 

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/BaerDawg/CPU%20HP%20G60-324CA/Untitled.png

Here's where it says 1.05 ghz. It fluctuates when I'm running cpu-z I'm not sure if it's saying that's the second core or what since the selection option is grayed out.

 

Right Click on the Core and select Core 1 to see what frequency Core 1 is running at.
I recommend you to google K10STAT undervolting.
QL has 2 P_states
Pstate 0 = Full Frequency
Pstate 1 = 50%