Clarkdale is faster that anything dual core out there, while both mobile chips with integrated graphics are faster than their Core 2 Duo counterparts, with the extra performance having no impact on the battery life. Obviously, don’t expect to play Call of Duty 4 at full with the built-in GPU in any of these. [Anandtech on Arrandale and Anandtech on Clarkdale, Hot hardware on ArrandaleHot Hardware on Clarkdale]
matt
January 5, 2010 at 11:41 AM
wow! PASS!! If history has taught us anything, its that intel’s multi chip in one package solutions are average and totaly PWNED when the all on one die equivalent comes out. every time they would cheat to the next core count by just stitching two of the old cores together, it would be good, but absolutely PWNed by the proper, on die equivalent. (Pentium D compared to core2 duo, the intel core2 quads compared to the first i7s). and while they have moved the GFX chip in package, they have actually moved the memory controller off die, to focus on the crap integrated graphics performance at the expense of the CPU performance!?
I would totally wait for sandy bridge! Everything on one die at the best fab sounds awesome!
However, it is clear that this design serves one purpose more than any other: HTPC. Focusing on integrated graphics performance over cpu performance makes absolute sense for this, and DD THD, DTS HD MA bit streaming! I’ve been looking for an upgrade for my home media server so it uses less power anyway (using a first gen Pentium D atm); if I get this it might just replace my PS3 as primary bluray player too! (tho power consumption figures may just kill this idea too, again because of on package but not on die!!)
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January 6, 2010 at 10:15 AM
that’s interesting, my name is Arran Clark…does an ex-gf of mine work at Intel perhaps?
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