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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Multitasking Performance
Business Winstone 2004 includes a multitasking test as a part of its suite, which does the following:
"This test uses the same applications as the Business Winstone test, but runs some of them in the background. The test has three segments: in the first, files copy in the background while the script runs Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer in the foreground. The script waits for both foreground and background tasks to complete before starting the second segment. In that segment, Excel and Word operations run in the foreground while WinZip archives in the background. The script waits for both foreground and background tasks to complete before starting the third segment. In that segment, Norton AntiVirus runs a virus check in the background while Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft FrontPage, and WinZip operations run in the foreground."
When it comes to multitasking performance, the 2.0GHz Yonah remains quite competitive with the X2 3800+. We were curious as to whether or not the shared L2 cache would mean that single-to-dual core scaling would be improved at all, but to really answer that question we'll need a single core Yonah...
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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?