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.🙂

 

[PhlashFoto]

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.