Is a A6-1450 an upgrade over a Turion 64 X2 TL-60

[jaydee]

I have an HP laptop from 2008, with a Turion 64 X2 TL-60 processor (2.0GHz, dual-core), 3GB of RAM (I think Nvidia GeForce Go 7150). In contemplating upgrades, I'm kinda looking at the Acer V5-122P (1.0GHz, turbo to 1.4GHz, quad-core).

Obviously the Acer is going to draw much less power (8W TDP vs 35W), and has some newer features (HDMI, USB 3.0, SATA III, DDR3, touchscreen, etc), but I'm curious which would have more raw CPU power. Perhaps my question is more theoretical than practical, as long as it can play 1080p content, the Acer would be fine for our purposes.

 

[AtenRa]

Single thread performance may be a little slower(at 1.4GHz), but MT will be higher at 1400MHz. Also the iGPU will be way better both in HD playback and 3D performance. Battery life will be 4-6 times higher or even better with less weight and Win 8 is much better than Win XP(perhaps you have upgraded to Win 7??)

 

[Enigmoid]

According to notebookcheck

Cinebench R10 32 bit
single: 1024 for a6-1450 vs 1619 for the turion
multi: 2895 for the a6-1450 vs 3130 for the turion.

Looks weaker though the turion but will have a better igp and more features. Battery life will be better when normalized (probably about 2-2.5x as efficient).

http://www.cnet.com/laptops/hp-pavilion-dv6915nr/4505-3121_7-33088541-2.html

Looks like your notebook. 2.5 hours video playback.

Notebookcheck review of the V5-122P-61454G50NSS

While the battery lasts an acceptable 6 hours and 19 minutes in idle mode (which is lacking practical relevance, Battery Eater Reader's Test, minimum brightness), it shrinks to a little over 3 hours in our practically oriented WLAN test. Under load the device needs to be connected again to a power point in less than 2 hours.

Its twice as efficient but the battery is about half the capacity so battery life shows no improvement (the v5 has only a 30 watt battery).

Strongly suggest you spring for a stronger cpu model with a bigger battery.

 

[rainy]

Jaydee, I recommend you to check laptops with A4-5000 instead of A6-1450 - difference in performance would be substantial and TDP is still low (15W).

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Short-Review-AMD-A4-5000-APU-Kabini.93173.0.html

 

[jaydee]

Thanks for the input. I'm still up in the air on what I really want. Might go NUC-like SFF PC instead, we really don't have a huge need for this to have a screen, just trying to keep the price low. As long as it can play 1080p, it's got enough guts for what we're looking for.