1.6 ghz Atom = ? Pentium M

[holden j caufield]

Was wondering if the Atom was slower than my very old Pentium M laptop at 1.6.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Nah, pentium M smacks the atom around.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
Nah, pentium M smacks the atom around.

In terms of raw performance, yes. I believe the Atom wins in terms of performance per watt and production costs though.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

what about a 1.6 celeron M?

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I'm pretty sure almost ANYTHING smacks around an Atom 1.6GHz. The Diamondville at 1.6GHz is only slightly faster than the Celeron M 900MHz. I have an 800MHz Intel A110 and the 1.6GHz Atom is only about 20% faster in Super Pi, if that.

It definitely wins in production costs. I don't think it wins in performance/watt though. Atoms definitely run on lean power requirements, but at the cost of a lot of performance.

 

[meson2000]

Atom will be much slower than your 1.6ghz Pentium M

 

[IlllI]

in a way its impressive what it can do in such a small size.
but on the other hand, they had to make a lot of compromises due to that small physical size

to compare http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/200...leron-size-small-4.jpg