Bogomips?

[coolclassic]

I was concidering changing my processor untill i saw this. The sempron 2800+ =1636.88mhz bogomips : 3235.84.
The duron 1600 =1728mhz bogomips : 3457.64
So which is the faster processor and would I notice any difference?


processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 28
model name : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 1636.880
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
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 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow lahf_lm
bogomips : 3235.84
--------------------------------------------------
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Unknown CPU Type
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1728.021
cache size : 64 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 3457.64

ps. the duron is overclocked

[je_fro]

Here's your answer:

model name : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+
cache size : 256 KB

model name : Unknown CPU Type
cache size : 64 KB


Go for the bigger cache.

[ArgPirate]

bogomips doesnt really mean anything. The sempron 2800+ is a much better processor.

For more info on what bogomips is and what is usefull for and what it is not, see http://www.clifton.nl/index.html?bogomips.html

[EnigmaOne]

bogomips doesnt really mean anything.
Hence the first component of the word: 'bogo'

Refs:
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bogus.html , et seq
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bogo-sort.html
http://kinetic.org/bogo-mips.html