Comments on: Intel Atom N270, N280 chips compared, benchmarked

By: velmurugan

velmurugan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:40:34 +0000

good

By: velmurugan

velmurugan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:40:00 +0000

good

By: ProDigit

ProDigit — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:38:00 +0000

Current Intel GMA chipset can also decode 720p HD content.
Only not blueray disks. MPeg4 goes just fine.

By: ProDigit

ProDigit — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:36:30 +0000

the N280 also has a lower CPU voltage, which perhaps could give you an extra 5 to 15 mins of battery life?
Also there seems to be upto 10% performance gain, but most of that is below 4% gain.

By: Chad78

Chad78 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:06:27 +0000

“The D159 scored a few points higher in a series of benchmarks.”

should be

“The D150 scored a few points higher in a series of benchmarks.”

By: Weekly Notes #16, 2009 - NotebookNotes.com

Weekly Notes #16, 2009 - NotebookNotes.com — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:07:35 +0000

[...] the latest Intel Atom N280 processor is showing up in more and more netbooks, here is a benchmark. No big difference to the older Atom [...]

By: Intel Atom N270 to N280, Comparison tests, benchmarked | Gadget Folder Free Gadget Review

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:20:49 +0000

[...] Source Intel Atom N270, N280 chips compared, benchmarked [...]

By: MP

MP — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:05:37 +0000

Well of course 60MHz core and a 134MHz FSB won't do much, but the really exciting thing to come out of the N280 refresh is the new GN40 chipset. Apparently it can even decode high definition 720p video, but no one seems to have tried it out yet!

By: oddone

oddone — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:08:25 +0000

OUCH! Sorry to read that, frankly. I'd thought that with its larger size and higer power usage, you'd get a fair amount more performance to boot. Maybe there's just issues when you get this small. I'm hopeful for tech to improve as it always does, though.

Thanks for the link, it's surprising but important information.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:35:00 +0000

Actually, it turns out that the AMD Neo, which AMD billed as being significantly more powerful than the Atom or VIA Nano isn't really that much different in terms of performance:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10216940-1....

By: animatio

animatio — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:56:48 +0000

keys are: pricing, energy consumption, battery live, heating of the devices

By: oddone

oddone — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:54:08 +0000

At a scale this small...without a major revision in the underlying technologies at play here, I don't see anything from the same company making enough of a difference to matter beyond small differences here and there.

The big thing that would change the situation is Via based stuff, and hopefully some kind of answer from AMD to the Atom situation(I know, wishful thinking, but a guy can dream, no?).

Of course it's going to get even stranger when the inevitable ARM books come out. How do we compare things performance-wise then? Do we even want to? I'd contend yes, because you can do much with windows that you can with linux these days. But at the same time I can see the counter arguments having to do with different price structures, and possibly use structures stemming from that.

One of the most interesting things about this tiny revolution is the different questions we're asking now...and even the different ways we're asking them. There are absolutes, as ever...but this site and others like it are documents of a change in the game overall.

By: CT

CT — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:39:41 +0000

I thought the best thing about the N280 is the reduction in heat and not the performance gain.

Any word on that?

The N270 chips produce a fair amount of heat and draw slightly more power.