Intel T2500 vs newer atom

Hello jimbonewbie;

I know it sounds surprising, but I think swapping a system with an older T2500 Yonah for a recent Atom D2700 is likely to be a CPU performance downgrade.

You would be better off going with a Pentium or ULV i3 system.

To get good HD video performance you want a decent GPU to assist the CPU and this is probably where the T2500 equipped system is letting you down.

Here are Passmark CPU benchmark performance comparisons:

Intel T2500 @ 2.00GHz Average CPU Mark = 941
http://cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+T2500+%40+2.0...

AMD E-450 APU @ 1.66Ghz Average CPU Mark = 743 (Radeon HD 6320 GPU)
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+E-450+APU

Intel Atom D2700 @ 2.13GHz Average CPU Mark = 819 (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3650 or GMA 3650)
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Atom+D270...

AMD A4-3420 APU @ 2.8Ghz Average CPU Mark = 1823 (Radeon HD 6410D GPU)
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A4-3420+APU

Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz Average CPU Mark = 2617
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-2...


Is something like this Acer AX1470 A4-3420 APU (Radeon HD 6410D) too large for your deployment scheme?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Intel's Atom N2600, N2800 & D2700: Cedar Trail, The Heart of the 2012 Netbook
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5273/intels-atom-n2600-n2...

Review confirms that GMA 3650 has support for HD video decode but there is some question about drive support and 1080 playback.

Logic Supply LGX AG150 Fanless System Review: Cedar Trail or Cedar Trial?
(Atom N2800 and Intel GMA 3650 equipped)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5849/loigic-supply-lgx-ag...