Anandtech: Intel Yonah Performance Preview-Part I: The Exclusive First Look at Yonah

[richardginn]

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2627&p=1

The only page to really look at is the last page in this review for the power consumption benchmarks.

[Voodoo 5 5500]

The performance per watt is awesome - I can't wait to see what Conroe can do.
Looks like Intel will be back in the performance race in 06

[Timman_24]

They are doing better, still have a ways to go before they will truely be competetive. AMD still going to have the best bang for the buck. I'm sure intel will charge out the *** for this thing.

[Fiero]

Unimpressive performance in comparison to the Athlon X2 at 2GHZ. Great power consumption though. It would be good for SFF, DTRs, Notebooks, and people looking for as quiet a system as they can get.

I wonder how it overlocks

[Johnmcl7]

Clearly some people have missed the point here, this is a mobile processor - if this is what they can do with tight restraints on the wattage, it show promise for the desktop variants.

John

[flutie98]

im quite impressed, dual cores with power consumption that will still yeild usable battery life, my only complaint is that it is now clock per clock slower than the a64, the dothan on the other hand was faster, i just hope they can fix the cache lat problem on yohan in a rev down the road and get that IPC back up

[Timman_24]

Clearly some people have missed the point here, this is a mobile processor - if this is what they can do with tight restraints on the wattage, it show promise for the desktop variants.

John

I didn't miss the point. The A64 X2 is a few months old now. This processor that is not out and is not even comparing to what AMD offers. Even if it is under tight restraints, it should perform better as it will be over a half year newer when it is released. Did you see the latency times?

[Chuck232]

... As John said, it's a mobile processor... What's your point? And latency is probably due to the on die memory controller.

[ImaNihilist]

I didn't miss the point. The A64 X2 is a few months old now. This processor that is not out and is not even comparing to what AMD offers. Even if it is under tight restraints, it should perform better as it will be over a half year newer when it is released. Did you see the latency times?

Maybe they should have compared it with the Turion, where it actually competes in the market. But I guess that wouldn't have been fair because it would have dominated so hard.

The fact that Yonah even shows up in a benchmark next to something like the A64 X2 is nothing short of amazing.

When AMD produces a dual-core Turion processor that can even be benchmarked next to something like Yonah, then AMD fanboys can fight back. Until then...you got nothing.

[James]

Dual core.... ROCKS!!!

Seriously though, the technology in this chip is the predecessor to a whole new line of CPU's from Intel. If this is their "beta" technology, it really does look like a bright future for Intel, as well as for us. After all, AMD hasn't really had competition in the IPS and performance per watt category on the desktop for quite some time.

Combine this new architecture with new chipsets, and you could be looking at the first real CPU race since back in the PIII vs. Athlon days.

[Channel007]

I'm thinking overclock yonah.....(remember xp mobile days?)

[russ_watters]

You can slice it either way - it's a processor that isn't out yet being compared to processors that are out now. One's a mobile, the others desktops, but will mobile X2's be out when the Yonah comes out? And if not, when?

Either way, it's a preview, not a reality today.

[Almost Famous]

...
When AMD produces a dual-core Turion processor that can even be benchmarked next to something like Yonah, then AMD fanboys can fight back. Until then...you got nothing.

Hmm pretty funny if I might say so. This processor isn't even out yet and you're making a statement like that?
Today..right this minute, Intel has nothing that even begins to compete with AMDs current offerings.
I'm no fanboy, I build with whatever gives me my performance at the time.
Have been stuck on Intel since the P4 with HT came out.
As soon as the X2s came out, I went back to AMD.
Once again, when Intel actually releases ANYTHING that even begins to compete with AMD, then you can fight back

[Soul Assassin]

Once again, when Intel actually releases ANYTHING that even begins to compete with AMD, then you can fight back

I'm guessing you must think that the Turion is better than the Dothan? Since they compete and as far as the rest of the world knows, the Dothan spanks it in both performance and power usage.

There's more markets than just the desktop market you know.

This test is flawed, but given that AMD is using 4x the amount of power that Intel is to do roughly the same amount of work, I'd say Intel is doing much more than just "competing".

[ImaNihilist]

I'm guessing you must think that the Turion is better than the Dothan? Since they compete and as far as the rest of the world knows, the Dothan spanks it in both performance and power usage.

There's more markets than just the desktop market you know.

This test is flawed, but given that AMD is using 4x the amount of power that Intel is to do roughly the same amount of work, I'd say Intel is doing much more than just "competing".

Not to an AMD fanboy. AMD releases the X2, which FINALLY, for the first time in history, beats an Intel chip in everything. Suddenly, their entire portfolio is better. Turion beats Pentium M, A64 beats P4 w/HT.

You've got Intel on top of the single core desktop market with HT and completely owns the notebook market with the Pentium M. That doesn't matter to most people on this forum though. They see it, "OMG I CAN OVERCLOCK MY A64 3000+ to 3800+ speeds!!! AMD FOR THE WIN!"