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    Performance Improvement SP 9400 vs. T2500

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Prince_Phoenix, Sep 19, 2008.

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    Prince_Phoenix Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    On clocks 20% more. Also must mention some instructions will improve more. L2 3 times the L2 hard to guess. Going from 2MB to 4MB is up to 10%. I would guess up to that amount a little more on some things. So we have a 20% improvement on clocks and up to say about 15% on some apps. Improved instructions? On Word little difference but yes faster. You will notice.

    Battery? Well % of a %? 29% less power about? But must know the % of total power draw to even guess. I guess with no knowledge is 10 to 15 minutes?
     
    powerpack, Sep 20, 2008
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    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    interesting indeed :)
     
    naton, Sep 20, 2008
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    To sum it up. SP9400 has more cache, higher frequency, higher Bus Speed, supports x64 and a lower power consumption. But, it will be soldered to the motherboard, unlike the T2500, which is Socket M !!
     
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    Andy nice catch on the BGA. Even though both OP's links are BGA T2500 also comes PGA and suspect is in most cases. Also With what I said before. C2D crushes CD clock for clock so SP9400 could be as much as 50% faster in some applications?
     
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    Yes, I would believe so. One would certainly notice the boost due to the 0.4GHz inc per core when running multi-threaded intensive tasks, say when extracting a highly compressed file, it would definitely reduce completion time by a good 40-50%. :)
     
    Andy, Sep 20, 2008
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