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    Mobile Athlon vs Desktop Athlon

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Suresh_Mohinder, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. Suresh_Mohinder

    Suresh_Mohinder Notebook Geek

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    I just wanted to know how does a Mobile Athlon X2 64bit TK-53 1.7GZ
    match up against my Athlon X2 5200 desktop CPU 2.6GZ

    gimme a percentage on how faster the desktop is.

    Lets say 30% faster?
     
    Suresh_Mohinder, Dec 11, 2007
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  2. lifeflayer

    lifeflayer Notebook Guru

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    around (2.6/1.7-1)*100 percent faster
     
    lifeflayer, Dec 11, 2007
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  3. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    ^^ Where's that formula from?
     
    SmoothTofu, Dec 11, 2007
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  4. format13

    format13 Notebook Consultant

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    It is just a simple equation to convert the difference of the raw numbers into a percentage.

    In reality there are probably other factors into finding the exact difference.
     
    format13, Dec 11, 2007
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  5. lifeflayer

    lifeflayer Notebook Guru

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    Namely cache and bandwidth... But let's not get into that.
     
    lifeflayer, Dec 11, 2007
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  6. Suresh_Mohinder

    Suresh_Mohinder Notebook Geek

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    so if Athlon X2 5200 2.6GZ can load far cry in 20 seconds

    then how long will it take a tk 53 mobile athlon 1.7GZ to do?
     
    Suresh_Mohinder, Dec 11, 2007
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  7. lifeflayer

    lifeflayer Notebook Guru

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    Depends on your RAM and hard drive...
     
    lifeflayer, Dec 11, 2007
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  8. format13

    format13 Notebook Consultant

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    no way to tell, but since you mentioned its a laptop, and it is using AMD ( ;) ), the HDD must be 5k or less, so load times will suffer.
     
    format13, Dec 11, 2007
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  9. lifeflayer

    lifeflayer Notebook Guru

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    There are 7.2k laptop hard drives :(
     
    lifeflayer, Dec 11, 2007
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  10. Suresh_Mohinder

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    i calculate it and I get 52%

    so then the mobile version is half the speed then?
     
    Suresh_Mohinder, Dec 11, 2007
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  11. MegaBUD

    MegaBUD Notebook Evangelist

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    Brrrrr AMD processor... just get an core2 !
     
    MegaBUD, Dec 11, 2007
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  12. format13

    format13 Notebook Consultant

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    lol yes, but im just assuming he doesnt, but if he does then load times should be similar
     
    format13, Dec 11, 2007
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  13. blksnake

    blksnake Notebook Consultant

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    The AMD Mobile Athlon 64 X2 processor is based on the AMD Turion 64 X2 core which is based on the desktop AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor. ;)

    The notable differences between the AMD Mobile Athlon 64 X2 processor and the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor is the amount of L2 cache and the higher clock speeds of the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor.

    Both processors have a 1600MHz HyperTransport bus ( LINK) compared to the desktop processors' 2000MHz bus.

    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    Suresh_Mohinder, You are more likely to see a greater difference in performance from other components in the notebook (Graphics card, hard drive, etc.)
     
    blksnake, Dec 13, 2007
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