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10 Things You Need To Know About Intel’s New Atom

Maximum PC: 10. It won’t suck.

Atom parts have long been the butt of our jokes for being the anti-performance parts that inspired the Netbook but anyone who ever tried to drive a Netbook for anything beyond browsing knows how much Atom’s sucked in performance. A dual-core, Hyper-Threaded 1.6Ghz Atom N2600 gives up a Cinebench 11.5 score of 0.47. That’s just barely faster than a single-core Athlon 64 3200’s score of 0.42. For reference, a Core i7-2600K gives up about 8.1 and a 3.2GHz Core 2 Duo E8200 gives you about 1.91. The actual performance isn’t known, but the new “Silvermont” version of Atom should offer far more performance ever seen.

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konnerbllb4011d ago

Indeed. Atom will finally have some muscle.

hellvaguy4006d ago

Too welfare of an item for my tastes, but Im sure it will be a good thing for some users. A bit faster surfing and some flash games ftw.

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What is better Ryzen or Intel? - Best PC Design

What is better Ryzen or Intel? Choosing a processor for a PC can be a daunting task, especially if you're new to computing.

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Is Steam Deck better than PC?

They each have their own advantages.

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Lenovo's new tiny desktop PC is an Xbox-killer

The ThinkStation P360 Ultra is a tiny beast.

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