Dedicated server - CPU Question

pylode

Hello,

I purchased a dedicated server and it said i was getting a Intel Celeron G530 Sandy Bridge Dual Core

but for some reason cpuinfo says:

[root@node ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 2394.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips : 4800.11
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 1596.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips : 4800.11
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 2
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 1596.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 2
initial apicid : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips : 4800.11
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 1596.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 3
initial apicid : 3
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips : 4800.11
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Is the one they put in my server better than the Intel Celeron G530? or on par? Can someone please clarify this, have i been robbed?

Also, the order page said i was getting DDR3 8GB RAM.. but once i ordered it (and in the server) its DDR. also
[root@server ~]# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 7772 2725 5046 0 118 1176
-/+ buffers/cache: 1430 6341
Swap: 4191 0 4191

Thanks!

KernelSanders

Better. Older, but more physical cores.

pylode

@KernalSanders thought so, but wanted to be sure What about the DDR/DDR3 RAM?

Kairus

For a rough comparison, these are the Passmark scores for the processors you're referring to (higher is better).
2957 - Q6000
2200 - G530
-- http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

Mun

That quad core will smoke a celeron any day. Celeron = processors that have failed the high test standards, and then failed the lower standard test as well. Meaning they run hot, ineffectively.

Long story short, any gains you would have gotten with DDR3 would have been wasted on a celeron. You probably would only see speeds close to ddr2 from it anyways.

I HATE CELERONS.

Amarielle

Where was this from?

Abdussamad

You got a better CPU than you ordered. The type of RAM makes a negligible difference.

As far as the amount of RAM goes you have you got exactly what you ordered - 8GB. The reason it shows slightly less than that is because the integrated graphics processor built into the motherboard is using some of your RAM. This can be reduced to the bare minimum (maybe 8 or 16MB) by booting into the BIOS and changing the appropriate setting. If you have IPMI or KVM access you can do that yourself or ask your provider's support personnel to do it for you.

yomero

@Mun said: Celeron = processors that have failed the high test standards,

Doh?
Any reliable source about this?

@Mun said: Meaning they run hot, ineffectively.

False, some Celerons even had the possibility to be fanless

@Mun said: Long story short, any gains you would have gotten with DDR3 would have been wasted on a celeron.

Oh really?

Oh, this one even was using ddr2 oc'ed to 1200 and was oc'ed to 3.5ghz

You have no idea what are you talking about.