Intel Pentium J2900 - 2.67 GHz Quad Core

[jacktesterson]

http://ark.intel.com/products/78868/Intel-Pentium-Processor-J2900-2M-Cache-up-to-2_67-GHz

See some cheap PC's at Best Buy using this Processor. Never heard of it before. Assuming its OEM.

Wonder how it performs? Is it haswell? TDP is only 10w !

 

[monstercameron]

its probably baytrail and is equivalent to a core 2 duo or amd k8 athlon.

 

[Nothingness]

It's Bay Trail, look on the right of the page, there is this link: "Products formerly Bay Trail"

 

[Sweepr]

Its a Bay Trail-D quad-core CPU. You get fairly good MT performance (great for a 10W TDP chip), but the performance per core is significantly lower than a 54W TDP dual-core Haswell Celeron.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=35724466

 

[crashtech]

Just my opinion, but I think putting CPUs like this into desktops is just wrong.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Just my opinion, but I think putting CPUs like this into desktops is just wrong.

I agree. I even hated it when they put amd E series in desktops, but at least the naming scheme was more clear. Now both amd and Intel have confusing naming schemes.

 

[SPBHM]

Just my opinion, but I think putting CPUs like this into desktops is just wrong.

it's cheaper to make, and people are going to be happy buying a quad core and not those "ancient" and slow dual cores like the G1820, right?

win!

 

[postmortemIA]

its probably baytrail and is equivalent to a core 2 duo or amd k8 athlon.

well it is more closer to core 2 quads, although small cache size makes that questionable.
I am typing this on core 2 duo ... it is showing its age. It sucks at even older games, and crap called flash bogs it down.

 

[bullzz]

i think these are for $350 laptops

 

[frozentundra123456]

it's cheaper to make, and people are going to be happy buying a quad core and not those "ancient" and slow dual cores like the G1820, right?

win!

Win for the manufacturer at least. Gets to sell a cheap chip with the same name as a much faster haswell.
Not sure if it is a win for Intel and certainly not for the consumer unless the price is very low hand he knows what kind of performance he is getting.

Btw, I am assuming your post is sarcasm.

 

[crashtech]

It does with 4 cores what an old E8400 can do with 2, so not exactly progress. Makes desktop PCs look bad, as if they need that right now. A desktop should be the most powerful computing device in anyone's inventory, not just a juiced-up tablet.

 

[TeknoBug]

Just my opinion, but I think putting CPUs like this into desktops is just wrong.

Oh yes, just like those damn AMD E1's.

 

[Vesku]

If the graphics were at least HD2000 or better it wouldn't be too bad. Unfortunately I don't think it does. Also shouldn't cost more than $200-250 without monitor.

 

[podspi]

And they wonder why nobody is buying desktops anymore...

 

[jacktesterson]

Good to know. I wasn't looking to buy one, just noticed it while killing a lunch break as there is a Future Shop across the street from my office.

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/prod...63e63b9a8ecfeb75e1666b7en02&SearchPageIndex=1

That is an example desktop I saw.

 

[Blitzvogel]

More "cylinders" means more horsepower!

Kinda goes to show how far behind AMD's Kabini is when it comes to comparing TDW and clock advantage. At least Kabini has much better graphics.

 

[Blitzvogel]

More "cylinders" must mean more horsepower!

Kinda goes to show how far behind AMD's Kabini is when it comes to comparing TDW and clock advantage. At least Kabini has much better graphics.

 

[Blue_Max]

And they wonder why nobody is buying desktops anymore...

Yeah... it benched at less than 25% of the CPU scores of an i7 2600.

Not bad for 10 Watts... but that's the only good thing I have to say.

 

[Vesku]

Good to know. I wasn't looking to buy one, just noticed it while killing a lunch break as there is a Future Shop across the street from my office.

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/prod...63e63b9a8ecfeb75e1666b7en02&SearchPageIndex=1

That is an example desktop I saw.

That's overpriced by at LEAST $100, these companies giving you less for the same or even more money the consumer is spending is probably not going to help stem the drop in desktop sales.

 

[jpiniero]

A desktop should be the most powerful computing device in anyone's inventory, not just a juiced-up tablet.

I think this is the future actually. People don't need faster computers, but they could use lower power consumption and smaller form factors. Yes, even for desktops.

 

[MongGrel]

I think this is the future actually. People don't need faster computers, but they could use lower power consumption and smaller form factors. Yes, even for desktops.

Bah.

 

[davmat787]

Just my opinion, but I think putting CPUs like this into desktops is just wrong.

Just my opinion, but I bet this processor has more power than it's target market will ever need. Does not take much for grandma to check email, play mahjong, and do some web shopping.

What scenarios do you envision where it will come up short for it's intended market?

 

[Rakehellion]

well it is more closer to core 2 quads, although small cache size makes that questionable.
I am typing this on core 2 duo ... it is showing its age. It sucks at even older games, and crap called flash bogs it down.

No, it's really closer to a Core 2 Duo. It's sad.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Just my opinion, but I bet this processor has more power than it's target market will ever need. Does not take much for grandma to check email, play mahjong, and do some web shopping.

What scenarios do you envision where it will come up short for it's intended market?

Sorry, that target market has spoken and they wanted iPads.

Even if they kept using PCs and magically have budget quads they still be bogged down by slow I/O and lack of RAM. As romantic as it sounds on paper and benchmarks there is next to zero value proposition by Intel for this crowd, at all.

 

[NTMBK]

If they used the savings on the APU to put an SSD in those machines, I could get behind it. But they still keep shipping PCs with junk 5200RPM hard drives.