Intel Atom CPU Review

[reasonablevoice]

Why did you underclock the Atom? If it was left at its stock clock we'd have seen less performance than the celeron-m still with less difference in power consumption. Its like you're going out of your way to make this thing seem better than it may be.

 

[asdasd123123]

I love this part "Finally, we ran a test that consists of compressing approximately one GB of files with WinRAR. Since the Sempron uses a different memory subsystem (DDR) and a real graphics card, it doesn’t show up on this test – the comparison would have been thrown off"

Yeah.. A GPU will probably thow off the winrar benchmark! Uh?

 

[Guest]

Mini Notebooks like the EEE 901 and the MSI Wind are getting between 4-5 hours of battery life using the Atom. While the EEE 900 and others using the Celeron M only get max 2.5 hours. So...pretty much similar performace, similar price, and twice the battery life. Considering the target platform of this CPU I'd say Atom > Celeron M.

 

[Lozil]

And AMD is Not at all Planning to compete With Intel Here... Even if they want to they can't Thats a bad thing... Just VIA and Intel...

http://free-and-useful.blogspot.com

 

[asdasd123123]

I never meant it that way, I just thought it was funny, that the low power part from Intel, has a chipset that draws five times as much as my - highest end AMD chipset does..

 

[gwolfman]

So is the Celeron 220 CPU:
http://www.mini-box.com/Intel-D201GLY2-Mini-ITX-Motherboard_2
faster than the Atom:
http://www.mini-box.com/Intel-D945GCLF-Mini-ITX-Motherboard
?????

 

[Guest]

it would be a cheap alternative with a decent board for a multimedia server/download manager/firewall pc. it would be a killer for a htpc, if there would be a board with a nice pci express slot (a 2400 pro is a decent hardware for the task, and cheap ofc). because it has practically no heat disciplination, it could be the dream cpu of a silent pc.

but the power consumption is high. indeed, its higher, than an undervoltaged q6600@1800 in idle mode with EIST enabled (tipically, you can get one with G0 stepping prime stable on 1.0-1.1V). with a 8600gt, P35 chipset. and 80W under load, which is indeed higher, but thats a quadcore with a GPU. and in dec, a new core comes with very low power consumptions at idle...

for laptops, its a fine choice, but for a desktop pc, without a good mobo, its pretty much useless.

 

[Guest]

Randomizer is right, it's simply a point of reference to compare this to a desktop. This chip is designed for computers between a handheld and a 12" laptop. Not for playing games above solitare and peggle, for simple web access. The beefiest graphics this guy will be looking at is high-end flash and silverlight powered pages.

 

[Guest]

Again to note that the power consumption on the Atom test was largely due to the "unique" chipset that needed to be fan-cooled. I'm suspecting with the proper chipset the total power consumption could be less than the Cel-D ALONE. Intel is not bright all the time, but they're not that stupid if they're going to spend money doing something not of their forté.

 

[BriC]

how does this compare in performance to an older computer (like a Pentium4 with an ATI 9800 card... which I just saw on craigslist for $60 -- similar price to the atom/cel220 motherboards)? Can anyone speculate (with any accuracy)?

I ask because I also have one of these p4's in my basement and wonder when a similar performing replacement will fit in a custom case (which I'm wanting to build).

 

[Guest]

NVIDIA Tegra is not x86 processor and it's not for PC world but rather phones & gadgets.

 

[aa1ww]

I'm developing an industrial controller using WinXPe which necessitates x86. My current effort uses a Mini-ITX mainboard. I'm interested in comprehensive comparisons C7, Nano, Atom, and Celeron M that evaluate the performance aspects I depend on. I need to run a classic .NET Windows Forms Application involving some (not extensive) floating point and the displaying of help images or videos for the operator. The machine control stuff uses a couple of threads so threading performance is interesting also. Power consumption and battery considerations are not primary though I wouldn't want to heat up the controller enclosure unduly.

These kinds of processors wind up spanning a wide range of applications so it would be great if the methodologgy and results of comparisons were carried out with just a bit more rigor so that less informed readers like myself could more easily interpret them. I think I got a very rough idea of compute performance of C7 vs. Atom vs. Celeron M but I wouldn't lean too strongly on it. And it will be interesting to see how the Nano performs as well.

 

[Guest]

I am still amazed at how popular these netbook's are. Considering how you take a big step backwards in terms of speed and features. All because of a low price. In fact in some cases only a hundred dollars and some change more. You can buy a pretty good laptop with the abilities to play HD video. But its not that the netbook's are bad. Its just that the expectations are exceeding its abilities.

 

[Guest]

Atoms suck in all area's

 

[Guest]

i got a old sempron 1.6ghz. today in my country sells new pc´s with atom 1.6ghz. (sempron 1.6 + asrock vm800 upgrade + 1gb ram + (40+80)gb hard drives and a nvidia 6200 with 512mb on board) my old fashion desktop pc still rocks!!!

 

[Guest]

nosebleed ako sa english nyu!!!!!!!!!!!!