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@alanmoss
yes because looking at super pi is the way to go for checking a cpu. Intel cpus are always better at superpi even if they are way worse. The difference of 1726 on 3dmark for the cpu compared to 1021 is negligible in everyday computing, 3d mark looks at how well a cpu does at working with a GPU under the best conditions, It wouldn't matter since the i3 has a hd3000 and the 450 has a 6320, neither cpu will bottleneck either graphics solution.
Keep looking at super pi for your benchmarks and keep telling yourself you know anything about computing.
You are laughable. You hop on here and reply trying to help the guy out without citing any references or benchmarks. You are probably pulling the information out of your nether region. He would probably be better off going to a grocery bagger for computer advice than getting it from you.
The intel i3 blows away the e-450 in every one of those benchmarks. Wprime32 is used as a cpu bench mark by many reputable sites and the I3 beats it by 88%. Wprime doesn't use a old instruction set like super pi and therefor has no "CPU brand bias".
"What we do know is that WPrime scales well across multiple CPU cores, and can push a CPU to 100 per cent load on all its cores."
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/7
You state that "neither CPU will bottleneck either graphics solution". This is incorrect. According to the an anandtech review of the E-350 which is very similar in performance to the E-450 the CPU does bottleneck the GPU:
"This smells like a CPU limitation, in which case it would mean that AMD didn't skimp at all when it came to the E-350's GPU."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4134/the-brazos-review-amds-e350-supplants-ion-for-miniitx/5
I suspect that the I3 will also be CPU limited with certain graphics intensive applications.
The I3 blows away the E-450 by 216% in cinebench R11.5. According to bitech, "As Cinema 4D is a real-world application - used on films such as Spider-Man and Star Wars - Cinebench R11.5 can be viewed as a real-world benchmark." Cinebench renders multiple CPU/GPU intensive scenes and times the ability of the computer to render those scenes. The score is a linear composite of multiple tests.
Go back to bagging groceries....
@Joecarver, I am interest at why you say that the intel will have far better battery life? The AMD E-450 is rated at 18Watts TDP and the Intel I3 is rated at 17watts. Not much of a difference there.