![]() ![]() ![]() Atom is clearly drawing the short stick, with the single-core variants placing at the bottom of our application performance charts. When we start comparing E-350 with other platforms, things get interesting. Still, even a 10% lead isn’t going to be particularly noticeable in day-to-day use. x264 encoding is also heavily dependent on the CPU, particularly the second pass, but again we see variance with the MSI taking an 8-9% lead over the other two E-350 laptops. the Sony has a 32-bit version of Windows 7 on there, which can easily account for the PCMark Vantage and Cinebench results (two tests where we normally use 64-bit executables). Cinebench is nearly a pure CPU test, so seeing the MSI and HP leading the Sony by as much as 10% is a bit of a surprise. In PCMark05, though, WD turns the tables and the HP is back in the lead. ![]() We see the 7200RPM drives in the HP and MSI systems push ahead of the Sony Vantage is more particular about your storage, representing an updated suite that’s more indicative of modern OS performance, so it looks like the 500GB Seagate 7200.4 beats the 320GB Western Digital Black. The PCMark results do more HDD related tests, so a difference there isn’t as surprising. The E-350 systems post numbers that are relatively close, though not quite as close as we would have guessed. This time we’ve got single-core and dual-core CULV, single-core and dual-core Atom (both nettop and netbook models), an Arrandale ULV laptop, a couple ION equipped models, AMD’s Nile and Danube platforms, and even the 2010 MacBook Pro 13 running Windows 7 (note that this is the same as the current MacBook, only with a better LCD and chassis). I’m switching up the list of laptops in our benchmark suite from the HP review, just to give a broader picture of the market. Using conventional HDDs and running the same test suite as we use with other laptops, all of the E-350 units are within spitting distance of each other, just as you’d expect. ![]() Anand’s review uses some different benchmarks as well as an SSD, but if you’re interested in a preview of my SSD testing with the X370 that’s a good place to start. We’ve already covered AMD’s E-350 twice: once on the desktop in Mini-ITX form, and a second time in the HP dm1z. Application Performance: Better than Atom, Worse than CULV ![]()
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