AnandTech: Intel Yonah Performance Preview – Part I

AnandTech: Intel Yonah Performance Preview – Part I

At 2.0GHz, Yonah is basically equal to, if not slightly slower than an Athlon 64 X2 running at the same clock speed in virtually all of the tests we ran. The important distinction here is that Intel is able to achieve that level of performance, without an on-die memory controller. But there is also one more thing to note, Yonah can offer that level of performance with significantly lower power consumption. While the Yonah and Athlon 64 X2 systems consumed relatively similar power at idle, Yonah hardly eats up any more power under full load. In fact, a 2.0GHz Yonah under 100% load consumes less power than an Athlon 64 X2 3800 at idle.

Holy crap. I don’t know about you, but I am excited to see laptops with these babies in them. The desktop version may not be quite so low on power consumption, but it is rumored to be fairly close. Wow, just Wow!