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Power consumption is more complex than processor load - you have to think about how P-state (cpufreq) and C-state (cpuidle) selection is affected by the workloa
by bjackman 9y ago
Power consumption is more complex than processor load - you have to think about how P-state (cpufreq) and C-state (cpuidle) selection is affected by the workload and now the scheduler distributes load across cores.
- progval 9y agoThere are other factors to power consumption: type of instructions used (eg. cpuburn generates more heat than a regular 100% CPU usage), memory accesses, cache hits/misses, ...