Athlon 64 Mobile vs Centrino

[MadRat]

Originally posted by: Pandaren
I don't know why someone recommended the Transmetta Crusoe for battery life - The Crusoe does not offer any advantage in this area over the Pentium M, and its performance is much worse than a Pentium III-M.

If you want slimline form factors then none of them compare to the Crusoe or Efficeon processors as far as size or battery life and raw performance go. Sure the Pentium M will blow it away on full-size laptops, but its advantages dwindle when you talk slimlines. The Efficeon is definetly the better processor of the two from Transmeta, but the Crusoe isn't bad at all when you consider the machines its been used in. On the other hand, A64 is the only Nx-bit mobile CPU in the mix, which adds a little bit to security. When 64-bit XP goes live then it may make A64 the more secure all around platform, not just for its Nx-bit, but for its encryption power.

 

[Pandaren]

If you want slimline form factors then none of them compare to the Crusoe or Efficeon processors as far as size or battery life and raw performance go.

Slimline form factors? I think you are wrong.

Panasonic Toughbook W2 (900 MHz Pentium M, 119 on MMark2002 test, 347 mins battery)

Compare Fujitsu Lifebook P Series (933 MHz Crusoe, score of 59 on MMark2002 test, 239 mins battery)

See Also IBM ThinkPad X31, Dell Inspiron 300m, HP Compaq nc4000, IBM ThinkPad X40 (Japan & Asia/Pacific only, US release 02/2004). They all use Pentium M processors (some use the LV versions).

In raw performance the Crusoe gets trashed - most if not all review sites come to this conclusion. Efficeon is vaporware at this point, though it looks like it might be a worthy chip.

 

[MadRat]

I'm not sure what you want to compare here. Yeah, lets compare an SDRAM based Crusoe system to a DDR based Pentium M system. Lets give the Crusoe an energy sapping 1280x768 screen and give the Pentium M something a little more efficient in the 1024x768 range. Wait, and lets give the Crusoe a teenie 3800mAh battery versus the Pentium M's 6600mAh battery! And on top of that, lets run Intel sponsored BapCo benchmarks to compare them, too! Yeah, great comparison...

Wait a minute, the Crusoe still scored 239 compared to the Pentium M system at 347 MMarks. Not too shabby when you consider it didn't have some of the advantages given to the newer Pentium M design. Efficeon will likely compare much better.

 

[alexruiz]

Originally posted by: Pandaren

Speed isnt everything, although im stuck between the 2. The laptop will be used on my lap

I don't know why someone recommended the Transmetta Crusoe for battery life - The Crusoe does not offer any advantage in this area over the Pentium M, and its performance is much worse than a Pentium III-M.
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I did. The P-M is the best mix of battery life and performance, but for battery life alone, the crusoe is better with power management. Granted, a VIA C3 will look potent against a crusoe, but even a PII would suffice the demand on the road of the frequent traveler..... unless word or excel have become "CPU constrained"