MaxPC mag compares Intel CPU's on Hel80

January '07 issue, in a Head to Head feature (pg 16 for you newstand browsers), Maximum PC mag uses a Hel80 to compare the Intel Core Duo T2600 against the Intel Core 2 Duo T7400.

Short take: Significant improvement (up to 30% in some tests) in processor dependent performance, at a minimal 3% loss in battery life.

 

Thanks for posting that information. Would you mind listing a few of the tests where the C2D clearly outpaced the CD? Maybe even a few where the results were closer too?

 

Here:

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Test                  T2600        T7400       % Diff

3DMark2001SE            18,614       21,118       +13.5
3DMark03 Overall         7,456        7,642         +  2.5
3DMark03 Cpu                992        1,254         +26.4
3DMark05 Overall         3,123       3,130           + 0.2
3DMark05 Cpu              5,793       7,514          +29.7
Quake 4 640X480 (FPS)    100         104.9         +4.9
Nero Recode AVC          55:56        45:53        +21.9
Valve Particle Perform.      32            40           +25
Valve Build Map              6:52        5:52          +14.2
Premiere Pro                 66:34      44:58           +48.1
Photoshop CS2               6:20        5:23         +17.6
MobileMark Batt.Life         201"        189"        -2.7

Sorry about the formatting, deal with it.

Their comments: HL-80 notebook w/ GeForce Go 7600, 2GB DDR2/667, 5,400rpm HD. Tests run were selected for their not being dependent on GPU performance, hence low-rez on the Quake test, and inclusion of ancient 3DMark2001, for example - look at the "CPU" vrs "Overall" results for tests not focused on the video, again.

Nero Recode 2 was used to encode video to H.264/AVC format, whatever that means....

 

That's a great comparison. Thanks for posting it.