Hello,
I currently have a Raspberry Pi 2 900 MHz Quad Core / 1GB RAM with Ubuntu Linux that I use as an email and web server with a USB hard drive. It works quite well for my needs but I currently have the opportunity (Prime Day!) to upgrade to an x86-based setup with 8GB of RAM and an Intel N3150 for about $130.
Due to the x86 vs. ARM differences I've been unable to find benchmarks that really compare the two CPUs. How much performance benefit would there actually be to using the Celeron over the A7? I would imagine quite a bit since it runs at twice the clock speed and x86 is by nature more powerful than ARM, clock per clock (RISC vs CISC). However, if anyone has any specific benchmarks to point to that would be great.
In general, does that upgrade seem worth it? The better CPU, 8x the RAM and going from USB to SATA should help a lot but I'm struggling with whether or not I can justify the upgrade based on the fact that the Raspberry Pi generally does it job fine.
I guess my main question is, is the Intel processor going to be only slightly (10%) faster or is it going to be significantly faster, i.e. more than twice as fast?
Thanks!
I currently have a Raspberry Pi 2 900 MHz Quad Core / 1GB RAM with Ubuntu Linux that I use as an email and web server with a USB hard drive. It works quite well for my needs but I currently have the opportunity (Prime Day!) to upgrade to an x86-based setup with 8GB of RAM and an Intel N3150 for about $130.
Due to the x86 vs. ARM differences I've been unable to find benchmarks that really compare the two CPUs. How much performance benefit would there actually be to using the Celeron over the A7? I would imagine quite a bit since it runs at twice the clock speed and x86 is by nature more powerful than ARM, clock per clock (RISC vs CISC). However, if anyone has any specific benchmarks to point to that would be great.
In general, does that upgrade seem worth it? The better CPU, 8x the RAM and going from USB to SATA should help a lot but I'm struggling with whether or not I can justify the upgrade based on the fact that the Raspberry Pi generally does it job fine.
I guess my main question is, is the Intel processor going to be only slightly (10%) faster or is it going to be significantly faster, i.e. more than twice as fast?
Thanks!
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