Same problem. :~$ uname -a Linux vagrale-desktop 4.8.0-58-generic #63~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 26 17:59:49 UTC 2017 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux :~$ sudo dmidecode -t processor | grep Speed Max Speed: 2700 MHz Current Speed: 3052 MHz :~$ dmesg | grep MHz [ 0.000000] tsc: Detected 3033.770 MHz processor [ 1.955784] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3033.664 MHz :~$ lscpu | grep MHz CPU MHz: 1500.000 CPU max MHz: 2700,0000 CPU min MHz: 800,0000 :~$ cpupower -c all frequency-info analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 4.0 us hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.70 GHz available frequency steps: 2.70 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.70 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware current CPU frequency: 2.10 GHz (asserted by call to kernel) boost state support: Supported: no Active: no analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1 maximum transition latency: 4.0 us hardware limits: 800 MHz - 2.70 GHz available frequency steps: 2.70 GHz, 2.10 GHz, 1.50 GHz, 800 MHz available cpufreq governors: conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 2.70 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency: Unable to call hardware current CPU frequency: 2.70 GHz (asserted by call to kernel) boost state support: Supported: no Active: no :~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 6 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) X2 215 Processor stepping : 2 microcode : 0x10000c7 cpu MHz : 1500.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 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 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid eagerfpu pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save bugs : tlb_mmatch apic_c1e fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs bogomips : 6067.54 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 6 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) X2 215 Processor stepping : 2 microcode : 0x10000c7 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 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 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid eagerfpu pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save bugs : tlb_mmatch apic_c1e fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs bogomips : 6067.54 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate