Is the Atom in the Eee faster than the celly it replaces?

[dug777]

Que?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Not really... Tom's Hardware did an article on it and it was about the same or weaker.

 

[Aluvus]

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=3321

 

[Soulkeeper]

well it does have HT support and all the latest instruction sets like sse3
when running recent optimized/threaded software it should have no problem beating the celeron options

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
well it does have HT support and all the latest instruction sets like sse3
when running recent optimized/threaded software it should have no problem beating the celeron options

All Celerons are now C2D-based, and have SSE3, along with being out-of-order (much more efficient), compared to the in-order Atom. That even includes the mini-ITX Celerons, like this one. A 1.6 Ghz Atom takes 1:48 to run SuperPi 1M, while my 1.2 Ghz Celeron 220 (the same mini-ITX board I linked above) does it in 1:00.75.

edit: No flamewars, gotcha.

 

[ELopes580]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
well it does have HT support and all the latest instruction sets like sse3
when running recent optimized/threaded software it should have no problem beating the celeron options

All Celerons are now C2D-based, and have SSE3, along with being out-of-order (much more efficient), compared to the in-order Atom. That even includes the mini-ITX Celerons, like this one. A 1.6 Ghz Atom takes 1:48 to run SuperPi 1M, while my 1.2 Ghz Celeron 220 (the same mini-ITX board I linked above) does it in 1:00.75.

edit: No flamewars, gotcha.

Um, you do realize that the Celeron in the EeePC is not C2D derived, right?

 

[Griswold]

Ah well, both options suck. They should offer an eee with a via nano when it becomes available... but that probably wont happen thanks to intels deep pockets.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Griswold
Ah well, both options suck. They should offer an eee with a via nano when it becomes available... but that probably wont happen thanks to intels deep pockets.

Unfortunately the Asus the competition is arguably better. I'd rather have one of the competitor products with a VIA Nano than an Eee PC with one.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
Um, you do realize that the Celeron in the EeePC is not C2D derived, right?

Actually, I didn't. I never would have thought they'd be using Banias cores in them. Intel must have given Asus a rally good deal on 'em, because it's been years since they made those Banias cores. This thread is an interesting read for those interested in the Atom-based Eee.