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    Core 2 Duo SL9400 vs i5 430UM vs i3 330UM

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by herman176, Jul 28, 2010.

  1. herman176

    herman176 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone!

    Out of these 3 processors: Core 2 Duo SL9400 or i5 430UM or i3 330UM
    which one would offer the best performance? Battery Life is not an issue.

    Core 2 duo: 1.86 GHz, no turbo, 6M cache, no hyperthreading
    i5: 1.2 GHz turbo to 1.73 GHz, 3M cache, hyperthreading
    i3: 1.2 GHz, no turbo, 3M cache, hyperthreading

    The intergrated graphics won't be an issue as on the systems I have chosen, there are switchable graphics.

    Thanks!
     
    herman176, Jul 28, 2010
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    The C2D and i5 will be close, but I'd get the i5 as it should be slightly faster.
     
    Nick, Jul 28, 2010
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    abaddon4180 Notebook Virtuoso

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    The i5 is going to beat the SL9400 by a little bit.
     
    abaddon4180, Jul 28, 2010
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  4. herman176

    herman176 Notebook Enthusiast

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    would the performance difference between the Core 2 duo and i5 be a lot?

    Thanks
     
    herman176, Jul 28, 2010
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    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    passmark cpumark tells us:

    SL9400=1225
    i3 330UM=1295
    SL9600=1472
    i5 430UM=<no listing>
    i5 520UM=1605

    So the i-core ULV CPUs you have listed are faster than the SL9400.
     
    User Retired 2, Jul 28, 2010
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  6. Rachel

    Rachel Busy Bee

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    ^
    Some of those passmarks were done or affected by the user using Vista. W7 scores higher so comparing between W7 and Vista scores is not that accurate. The SU9600 in my TT scores 1391 in W7 so the SL9400 should score better than that in W7.


    Edited to add:
    The only thing i coud find that looks like a W7 benchark for the SL9400 is this website which lists the CPU as 1550 but then i don't know how they obtained those results. The SU scores for W7 they list are accurate. It would be great if someone that owned a SL9400 and is running W7 could benchmark the processor.
    http://www.therightcliq.com/344401/344422.html

    The Acer 1830T thread contains some benchmarks for the 430UM. I googled it yesterday (hence my using that benchmark yesterday in your other thread) and came across this and a forum member got a passmark score of 1479
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/6391587-post883.html

    but having searched that thread now i see some people pulled up higher results around 1550 also, may be this was in turbo mode.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/6391651-post884.html
     
    Rachel, Jul 28, 2010
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  7. MaxGeek

    MaxGeek Notebook Evangelist

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    The choice is obvious if battery life isn't a concern. i5 430UM. HT will make the windows environment feel a lot faster.
     
    MaxGeek, Jul 28, 2010
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    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    yes i agree .. i5 will be better and HT really helps.
     
    sean473, Jul 29, 2010
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