athlon xp-m vs pentium-m

[dc5]

obviously amd is beating intel in the desktop platform. how about for notebooks? amd too?

 

[clarkey01]

a64-m is out ? or is soon.

Erm, Pnetium-M was ment for notebook/laptop, A64 just kinda slims down to fill the hole.

 

[dc5]

Originally posted by: clarkey01
a64-m is out ? or is soon.

Erm, Pnetium-M was ment for notebook/laptop, A64 just kinda slims down to fill the hole.

im comparing xp-m, not 64-m

 

[clarkey01]

sorry i'll just jump over a cliff.


lol

erm, AXP-M cant really touch a P-M, and thats coming from a half AMD fan boy, Im not very pro Intel, havnt been since 1999.

 

[imported_smilingcrow]

Pentium M seems to be the most balanced current laptop processor. i.e. good performance, low power, flexible speedstep technology, long battery life.
The downside is the price, but there are some Celeron M chips that despite 'only' a 512k cache, offer good performance. Mobile Celerons are usually closer in performance to the desktop equivalent, than the desktop Celerons are. It seems to be true for these chips also. When Pentium M finally moves to 533 FSB though, the gap between the two will rise of course.

The benchmarks on the link below compare Banias, Dothan & Celeron M, but only against Athlon 64 and Pentium 4. If you know how an Athlon XP compares against either of these two, you?ll be able to extrapolate a relevant conclusion.

The mobile A64s sound great chips, and I?m referring to the lower voltage XP-M equivalents, which aren?t called 64-M, so they?re a bit harder to identify.
I don?t know if mobile Semprons will be available in both SoA and S754?

Intel's 90nm Pentium M 755: Dothan Investigated

 

[clarkey01]

Hmmm AXP-M will perform above a normal celeron, maybe on par with or slighty below a celeron-m, its hard to tell. Any benchmarks with AXP-m on it , now you'v mentioned it would be interesting to see how a celeron-m stacks up to AXP-M.

 

[Zap]

I'm typing this message on my Dell Latitude D800 with a Pentium M 1.3GHz CPU. I can sometimes get 4 hours on battery if I'm not doing anything special (web browsing mostly). Battery-wise I think the Pentium M will always outlast the Athlon XP-M (with same mAH battery). I think Toms has some notebook reviews that included battery life.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

i personally wouldn't waste my money on a XP-M notebook unless the price was fantastic. it will run hotter, with less battery life, and with about the same performance depending on what you get of each.

i recently got an AMD64 laptop, normally i wouldn't do something so stupid,but the price was great so i can't complain even if the battery life is non-exsistant and it weights a ton.

 

[fbrdphreak]

For notebooks with PORTABILITY in mind, you can't beat a Pentium M these days. If you're buying a new one, make sure you go with the Dothan core for the extra L2 cache and overall better performance/batt life. Most notebooks with Centrino badge will do at least 4 hours, maybe more depending on the batt. The A-XP systems are an awesome price if you want a relatively basic laptop. They aren't slow by any means and offer reasonable batt life, usually on the odds of 3-3 1/2 hours (again depending on the battery).
As far as desktop replacement notebooks, the A64's are perfect because they are plenty powerful and still give you some battery life. P4's are okay in notebooks, but the A64's are cheaper and more powerful IMO.
If you have the money, definitely go Pentium M. If you're on a budget and just need a basic laptop that won't drag @$$, go with an A-XP.