Posts tagged benchmarks
Ion, Dual Core Atom with Ion, and CULV go head-to-head
Dec 11th
Over at Liliputing, my good friend Brad Linder has posted some nice benchmarks he compiled using an HP Mini 311, Asus UL20A, and Asrock Ion 330 nettop. The results are definitely interesting, especially when you consider that the Asrock is using similar innards to what the Asus 1201N is packing.
As expected, the Ion excels at 3D tasks – and it’s also a champ at running encoding tasks where the application is smart enough to leverage NVidia’s CUDA technology. Near the end of his post, Brad charts the difference CUDA makes on MediaCoder results – the task completed more than four times faster on the HP Mini 311.
Brad’s results also illustrate what we already knew about the Atom: a single-core version is just not able to provide anywhere near the processing muscle of Intel’s other CPUs.
While the HP was demolished in CPU tests, its solid 3D scores show that it’s still a solid choice for netbook gaming. Head over to Liliputing to see the full results!
Asus Eee PC 1201N gets benchmarked, comes up short
Dec 7th
Chinese site cekpc.net has gotten their hands on an Asus Eee PC 1201N, and in addition to putting up another pile of photos showing off its hotness, they’ve also produced a set of benchmarks. So how does the 1201N perform?
At stock settings (read: not overclocked), the 1201N posted PC Mark 05 scores of 1848 for the CPU, 2197 for memory, and 1425 for graphics. In 3DMark 06, the 1201N scored an overall of 1302 with a CPU score of 798.
So does that dual-core Atom processor under the hood make a difference?
It certainly doesn’t look like that way. MyHPMini forum member Astaroth posted a few days ago about his success with overlcocking the HP Mini 311 and its Ion internals, and his 3DMark scores were substantially better: 1998 CPU and 1777 overall. Granted, I’m comparing a unit at stock speeds with one that has been tweaked, but at first glance it looks like the dual-core Atom N330 doesn’t provide a big boost in horsepower.
If you’re looking for solid performance at a great price – with the added benefit of overclockabaility – you might as well head out and buy an HP Mini 311. Sure, the 1201N can probably be overclocked as well, but I have my doubts about whether it will score significantly better than the 311.