How does the Atom compare to older CPUs?

[coolVariable]

Since the Atom (Diamondville) is not exactly a fast performer, I am curious how it stacks up against older mobile CPUs.
I am curious how a 1.6GHz Diamondville would stack up against e.g. a Pentium III-M 750MHz.

 

[cubsftw]

If you look at Anand's article about the Atom from a few months ago, he says that "Under SYSMark 2004, a 1.6GHz Atom is around 20% faster than an 800MHz Pentium M (90nm Dothan). As you can expect, a 900MHz Atom is slower than the 800MHz Pentium M as it needs clock speed to make up for the low IPC of the in-order core." In my limited dealings with Pentium M's, I believe that the 800MHz Pentium M nets you performance roughly equivalent to a 1.2GHz Pentium III-M. Given what Anand said about the Atom running Vista at smooth frame rates I think one can safely say that a 1.6GHz Atom would be probably around 50% faster than a 750MHz P3-M.

 

[coolVariable]

Cool. I couldn't for the life of me find that article with google.
Tss, tss, tss ... google's search is not what it used to be.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: coolVariable
Cool. I couldn't for the life of me find that article with google.
Tss, tss, tss ... google's search is not what it used to be.

Oh it works, you just have to delete your current search entry "brazilian bestiality" and replace it with "anandtech atom performance"...I rarely find recent Anandtech articles indexed on google under "porn, now, thanks" :laugh:

http://www.anandtech.com/syste...howdoc.aspx?i=3321&p=7

 

[xylem]

The Pentium M (Dothan) that was referred to in that article is not the same as the Pentium III-M. The Pentium III-M is a much older cpu, which apparently reached a max stock speed of 1.33 GHz. If you can somehow find or perform a comparison between the P. III-M and the Dothan, you can probably extrapolate a comparison between the Atom and the P III-M, using that article as a reference.