Intel Atom Vs Arm Architechure

[HFS+]

Which archtecure is more powerful? Does an atom 1.6GHz beat an apple a4? in moble computing

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Yes atom beats crapple a4. Other than that, these chips are still made different purposes in mind.

 

[TuxDave]

If by powerful you mean performance.... Atom
If by powerful you mean uses more power.... Atom

 

[cbn]

Which archtecure is more powerful? Does an atom 1.6GHz beat an apple a4? in moble computing

I've been under the impression ARM won't pass atom (clock for clock) until the Cortex A15 launches.

 

[gevorg]

For overall performance, yes, the Atom 1.6GHz beats the Apple A4.

But the key metric to compare them is not overall performance but performance/watt in a given power envelope. ARM takes the lead if you're looking at well under 10W TDP.

 

[Idontcare]

If by powerful you mean performance.... Atom
If by powerful you mean uses more power.... Atom

That was epic, to use an over-used term, but I rarely use it and to me that was simply epic :thumbsup:

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

If by powerful you mean performance.... Atom
If by powerful you mean uses more power.... Atom

One of our biggest goals with the Intel® Atom™ processor is to get them to the point that they equal or beat the power consumption of the Arm processors.