What processor would be faster.

[shafe88]

1.6ghz dual core atom vs. Ivy Bridge i3 that's underclocked and under volted to match the atoms power consumption.

 

[Pearlmam]

i3: http://ark.intel.com/products/53428/Intel-Core-i3-2130-Processor-%283M-Cache-3_40-GHz%29

atom: http://ark.intel.com/products/58916/Intel-Atom-Processor-N2600-%281M-Cache-1_6-GHz%29

The i3 will probably be better. Look at the max memory, look at the memory channels, I don't know how to compare the cache. I think the Atom has more L2 cache but no L3, and the i3 has L3 but less L2. I don't know what that means to performance.

Can you even underclock that low on the i3?