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Processor comparison help

thecoolnessrune

thecoolnessrune

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Hi, can anyone tell me the performance difference between a P4 mobile and a AMD Mobile64 (besides the fact that AMD is 64 bit). And also would anyone know the performance levels of the new Turion compared to these. And a little furthur away, how does the Efficeon and Crusoe processors perform. the fact that they are only 1Ghz makes me feel like there isn't much power to them. But I also know they are extremely "fuel" efficient. Of course, AMD as we know can kick Intel with 1 Ghz less power 😉.
 
The Thransmetta chips (Efficeon and Crusoe) processors are not very powerful, but due to their low power consumption and heat output they are used frequently in Tablet PCs by smaller companies. The Mobile Athlon 64 is quite powerful and is more powerful than a Mobile Pentium 4 for normal day to day activities. Neither of those processors will warrant you stellar battery life. The Turion is AMD'snewest offering for the mobile arena. In the few tests that I've seen the Pentium M pitted against the Turion and the Pentium M outperformed it by a small margin. Since the Pentium M is better than the Pentium 4 for gaming, I'd assume that it'd be on par with the Athlon 64 in that aspect but both will beat out the Pentium M when it comes to intensive apps like encoding and editing.
 
Sorry if I seem a bit confused. But I interpret your finding like this:

1. Efficeon and Crusoe chips are by far the coolest and most effiecient (with 5-9w full power usage why wouldn't it be)

2. Mobile Athlon 64 outpace the both the Turion64 and the Pentium M

3. A desktop Intel P4 like the 570J offered in the Alienware notebooks would kick the crud out of any offering from AMD or Pentium M lol 😉
 

1. Efficeon and Crusoe chips are by far the coolest and most effiecient (with 5-9w full power usage why wouldn't it be)

Well, it's not a very great performer. But it's not used for really anything but simple tasks like running say software that would manage accounts at a doctor's office or something like that. It's not very powerful in comparison to really anything else.

2. Mobile Athlon 64 outpace the both the Turion64 and the Pentium M

Depends on the system and what the task is. The Pentium M clocked at Athlon 64 speed will beat it in gaming for the most part. But, the Athlon 64 is a better all around processor than the Penitum for intensive tasks. But for gaming, the Pentium M is awesome. On another note, Turion is well rounded, but not as good of a performer as the Pentium M or Athlon 64.

3. A desktop Intel P4 like the 570J offered in the Alienware notebooks would kick the crud out of any offering from AMD or Pentium M lol 😉

I don't know whether that emoticon denoted sarcasm or not, but that assumption is wholy incorrect. The Penitum M will crush even a desktop Pentium 4 in gaming. Athlon 64 will do about the samw as the Pentium M. The only area where Intel holds its ground well (which it is slowly losing at this point) is video and some audio encoding.




Anyway...Am I correct in the assumption that you want to game on your notebook?
 
No actually, I was thinking about some college specs. One course I had in mind required a processor at 3.2Ghz (Obviously they had Intel in mind) but with the advancement of current technology, I dont see why a PentiumM 760 wouldn't work. What do you think? I realise it would still have to be talked over with them. And no ithat 😉 wasn't sarcasm. Actually wasn't sure what it meant lol, Just thought it was about time for an emoticon. lol
 
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