maxcpus Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 testing with a LENOVO 6459CTO under Ubuntu 10.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux 2.6.35; nosmp: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1984 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Linux 2.6.39; nosmp: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.39-999-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Linux 2.6.35: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1984 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Linux 2.6.39: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.39-999-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Timed Idle SYS Power Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.35; nosmp . MIN: 19852 AVG: 20693 MAX: 22987 Linux 2.6.39; nosmp . MIN: 22859 AVG: 23474 MAX: 24959 Linux 2.6.35 ........ MIN: 19508 AVG: 20993 MAX: 24949 Linux 2.6.39 ........ MIN: 22614 AVG: 23858 MAX: 27367