How to monitor CPU activity in detail..?

[karsti]

Hi,

how can I monitor my laptop cpu in detail? I am used to getting highly detailed info about the current cpu-frequency for each core, vcore, halt states, turbo boost, etc.


P.S.: I have a dual core with 2,4 GHZ with Hyperthreading, so it has 4 virtual cores.

In cat /proc/cpuinfo it shows each core with 1200 MHZ. I guess it is just somehow splitting up that 2,4 GHZ so 1200MHZ is correct?

[Pjotr]

Try what Conky can do for you:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... forxubuntu

[karsti]

Thanks...but concy only gives a very coarse grained overview of cpu and the system as a whole.

I need as detailed as possible.

My CPU should be turb-boost capable and I can see it using turbo-boost in Windows monitoring tools.

Is there a tool that can monitor turbo-boost (or the change in CPU frequency) at all? All tools I tested so far show me a fixed cpu frequency although my laptop's cpu can change the cpu frequncy based on load. If it is IDLE the OS usually undervolts the cpu, resulting in a lower frequency and low power consumption.

[Pjotr]

Thanks...but concy only gives a very coarse grained overview of cpu and the system as a whole.

I need as detailed as possible.

My Conky, of which you see the screenshots on the web page I referred you to, is very basic and only scratches the surface of what Conky is capable of. See:
https://linux.die.net/man/1/conky

You might find something there after all.

My CPU should be turb-boost capable and I can see it using turbo-boost in Windows monitoring tools.

There are loads of other CPU monitoring tools available for Linux, but I have no experience with those.

In any case, you don't need to worry whether Linux uses all capabilities of your CPU. The Linux kernel is quite capable of doing that by default; there's a reason while all supercomputers in the world are currently running Linux:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-tot ... computers/

As far as handling CPU's is concerned, Linux is the 800 pound gorilla OS. All competition smashed to smithereens.

[gm10]

Thanks...but concy only gives a very coarse grained overview of cpu and the system as a whole.

conky is as detailed as you configure it to be.

You can also just add a panel applet to show the frequency. On my MATE desktop there's a built-in CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor.

In cat /proc/cpuinfo it shows each core with 1200 MHZ. I guess it is just somehow splitting up that 2,4 GHZ so 1200MHZ is correct?

It's not splitting up anything. Your CPU frequency gets scaled down automatically, it only runs at max frequency under load.