Intel Atom N330 dual core vs Core2Duo SU9400/SU7300

Im in the market for either a netbook/ultraportable for my sister, but just wondering about CPU, specially how do the following perform against each other,

Intel Atom N330 dual core vs Core2Duo SU9400/SU7300

Thanks for any info,

 

I think the core2duo are better than the atom dual core.

But the atom probably uses less energy so you get better battery life.

 

I think and probably really don't have any hard numbers behind them......

 

OP wanted any info, I was just getting this thread going.

 

here are numbers (sort of, well not really because I'm lazy):
Atom has smaller cache, slower FSB.

But the core2 is rated at a higher TDP.

So that is the basis for my first post.

 

C2D is a far better architecture than the Atom.
And current CULV's can push it to 8+ hours.

If you ask me, C2D no questions asked

 

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Other than that, apples and oranges

 

what netbook are you looking at that has an N330?

 

Core 2 duo eats atom cpus for breakfast. Hell, even the Core 2 solo SU3500 is a good bump over the atom.

Might wanna post the models you're interested in, or maybe post in the what notebook to buy section (if you haven't already).

 

Thx for all the replies,

Nothing is out yet, but im intersted on Asus U20A, but read the following,

I'm still trying to decide between the two, since the U20A is expensive this might be fine too, just checking more the CPU atm to see if there is gona be a big difference.

Well i really didn't want to make it about what should i buy, was more interested into how the CPU compared between each other.

 

How about a UL30A?
With a dual core ULV, gives 9+ hours of life, and eats alive the Atom, and can be overclocked to 1.7 with the press of a button

 

Core 2 Duo will eat an atom for breakfast for sure.. atom is the biggest load of crap that has come out of intel's factory... although it might have a 2.5W TDP for a single atom.. a core 2 solo with a 5W TDP and lower clockspeed owns it... it just shows how lousy the atom... nver want the atom in my notebook...

 

Personal opinion from working at Staples and being an amateur enthusiast about these things:

-C2D will almost always outperform the Atom in computational performance, but might push the thermal envelope a little more (but only a little more).

-Atom is generally cheaper and probably has the best performance in its TDP class (note: I do not mean watt-for-watt).
Atom was made to be a very cheap, small, and low-power architecture with good performance considering the aforementioned variables. I think it succeeds. It was not meant to directly compete with the C2D.

/two cents

 

The tdp of the N330 is 8w, and I don't believe this dual core version is actually more powerful than than a single core ulv processor like the SU3500. The only gain from N330 could be more chance of ion graphics in cheap setup, while the majority of similar cheap CULVs ship with intel integrated 4500.

Unless you want to use your laptop for very little, I'd suggest looking more into the CULV processors - there will be a huge wave of these being released coinciding with Windows 7 around 22nd October - check out Acer Timeline / Asus UL20/30/50/80 (VT's will be interesting) / MSI XSlim / Lenovo U150or whatever it is / HP dm3 / etc... there's a lot of choice and battery life is getting more priority in these models with 5-8 hours (maybe more) of realworld use in a fair amount of them

 

If you can get the DM3, I highly suggest it, it will use either AMD Neo or Intel CULV, and have switchable if AMD between 3200HD (which is a ver powerful IGP) and a 4330HD (a good GPU), or NVIVIA (no switch) GT210M IIRC if Intel.

AMD+ATI=switchable
AMD+NVIDIA
INTEL+ATI
INTEL+NVIDIA