Intel Yonah Performance Preview - Part I: The Exclusive First Look at Yonah
by Anand Lal Shimpi on November 30, 2005 2:50 AM EST- Posted in
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Video Encoding
DivX 5.21 with AutoGK
Armed with the DivX 5.21 and AutoGK, we took all of the processors to task at encoding a chapter out of Pirates of the Caribbean. We set AutoGK to give us 75% quality of the original DVD rip and did not encode audio.
Dothan's DivX performance was dismal at best, and although Yonah's two cores improves things, it's still not enough to be competitive with the Athlon 64 X2.
Windows Media Encoder 9 HD
Our homebrew WME9 test is up next:
Much like the DivX test, we see that although Yonah has come a long way from Dothan, it is still not competitive with the likes of the Athlon 64 X2. It is a shame, as we were hoping for more out of Intel's FP/SSE enhancements.
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fitten - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link
I've wanted an AMD 64-bit laptop for a while so that was a good read and made me feel a bit better about Turions.One other interesting thing about Yonah is the power management capabilities. I'd be interested to see the upcoming dual core Turion specs there. For instance, the Yonah, when in battery conservation mode, can turn off a complete core and parts of the L2 cache. I can't imagine the dual core Turion not having similar things, though, it would really give Intel the edge.
tayhimself - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link
UGH! I meant dual core Turion laptops in the last linebhtooefr - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link
Umm...Note that it said "Total System Power Consumption" in the graphs...
Viditor - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link
Yup...my bad. (sorry for that Anand...)I really would like to get more info on the tests though. I understand that they have to keep the origins of the mobo quiet, but without the details it makes it very difficult to gauge exactly what and how the tests were conducted...
I would also LOVE an "edit" function on these things...:)
Calin - Friday, December 2, 2005 - link
How about the overclocking experience?