Lately netbook market previously dominated by Intel's Atom platform began to falter with the advent of the Brazos Bobcat of AMD's architecture that are specific to netbooks.
One variant for the AMD platform Brazos C-50 Ontario, face to face with the Intel Atom N550/N570. AMD C-50 has 2 cores at a speed of 1.0 GHz, 2 threads and 1 MB of L2 cache. He integrated with the AMD Radeon HD 6250 GPU that has supported the UVD 3.0, Shader Model 5.0 and DirectX version 11. With such complete ability, the combination of CPU and GPU is claimed to only consume a maximum of 9 watts.
While the Atom N550 is widely used in various brands netbook because it is the first Dual Core Atom (with a 4 thread capabilities thanks to Hyper Threading). N550 works on the frequency of 1.5 GHz and integrated Intel GMA 3150 GPU. Atom N550 is claimed to consume 8.5 watts of power. Atom N570 is very similar to the N550. The only thing different from her sister is that N570 works at a clock speed of 1.66 GHz.
Recently we had the opportunity to play around with the netbooks that use AMD C-50 and the following benchmark results are obtained:
Chart above clearly shows how powerful AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphics than the Intel GMA 3150 found on most netbooks. 3DMark scores on AMD C-50 is much left Atom N550. Some modern games can still be played even on a netbook with AMD C-50. One example Street Fighter IV, though with the LOW setting (640x480) the game is still playable with smooth and get the average 50-an FPS. Never dreamed to play them on the GMA 3150.
As for the PCMark Vantage, a score derived AMD C-50 is still below the Atom N550 processor clock speed due to differences in both (1.0 GHz vs. 1.5 GHz). However, in everyday use, we can not feel the difference between the two.
In addition to performance, battery life is also a factor important consideration in choosing a netbook. Therefore, since the beginning of many who want to know how exactly the actual power consumption on AMD C-50 compared with rivals. Below we summarize some of the results of tests conducted by the site NetbookNews.com (in watts):
It should be noted that the above gaming tests using the online game is Live for Speed where the AMD C-50 get an average of 50-60 FPS, while the Atom N550 is only around 7 FPS. Atomic power consumption in the system is lower but the game can not run properly.
Overall it can be concluded that the battery life between systems with AMD C-50 and Atom N550/N570 almost equal, but still won by Intel. C-50 superior performance at the expense of battery life.
The last important factor of consideration that we want to review is the PRICE. Our survey found that prices N550/N570 Atom netbooks on the market is still relatively high compared to those using AMD C-50. The data we get by April 2011 that the price intel atom is more expensive than AMD's -50 C with approximately one hundred thousand. Can be concluded that the presence of AMD C-50 and successfully forced the Brazos platform Intel cut prices and ultimately end-users who benefit. Now the choice is returned to the user, select price compare performance or battery life.
source:www.ruangpc.com
One variant for the AMD platform Brazos C-50 Ontario, face to face with the Intel Atom N550/N570. AMD C-50 has 2 cores at a speed of 1.0 GHz, 2 threads and 1 MB of L2 cache. He integrated with the AMD Radeon HD 6250 GPU that has supported the UVD 3.0, Shader Model 5.0 and DirectX version 11. With such complete ability, the combination of CPU and GPU is claimed to only consume a maximum of 9 watts.
While the Atom N550 is widely used in various brands netbook because it is the first Dual Core Atom (with a 4 thread capabilities thanks to Hyper Threading). N550 works on the frequency of 1.5 GHz and integrated Intel GMA 3150 GPU. Atom N550 is claimed to consume 8.5 watts of power. Atom N570 is very similar to the N550. The only thing different from her sister is that N570 works at a clock speed of 1.66 GHz.
Recently we had the opportunity to play around with the netbooks that use AMD C-50 and the following benchmark results are obtained:
As for the PCMark Vantage, a score derived AMD C-50 is still below the Atom N550 processor clock speed due to differences in both (1.0 GHz vs. 1.5 GHz). However, in everyday use, we can not feel the difference between the two.
In addition to performance, battery life is also a factor important consideration in choosing a netbook. Therefore, since the beginning of many who want to know how exactly the actual power consumption on AMD C-50 compared with rivals. Below we summarize some of the results of tests conducted by the site NetbookNews.com (in watts):
Overall it can be concluded that the battery life between systems with AMD C-50 and Atom N550/N570 almost equal, but still won by Intel. C-50 superior performance at the expense of battery life.
The last important factor of consideration that we want to review is the PRICE. Our survey found that prices N550/N570 Atom netbooks on the market is still relatively high compared to those using AMD C-50. The data we get by April 2011 that the price intel atom is more expensive than AMD's -50 C with approximately one hundred thousand. Can be concluded that the presence of AMD C-50 and successfully forced the Brazos platform Intel cut prices and ultimately end-users who benefit. Now the choice is returned to the user, select price compare performance or battery life.
source:www.ruangpc.com
