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After 21 benchmarks, 2 comparisons, and a detailed architecture analysis, the conclusion is clear. Unless battery life while performing CPU-intensive tasks is paramount, choosing a Turion-based laptop over a Dothan-based laptop is recommended.
I don't know why the whole of the internet is hailing that review as the solid best one... particularly when the systems require overclocking \"tweaks\" to \"match\" eachother. I don't think AMD quite has Intel bested yet. This review seems to have some differing results than the LaptopLogic one, showing the Pentium M and the Turion64 to be pretty neck-and-neck. This review seems to show the Pentium M having a significant advantage.
I think Intel's moving in the right direction with the Pentium M.
You also have to put into consideration that the Pentuim-M runs at a very low wattage (21W) which provided amazing battery life. They also tend to be lighter since it can easily be cooled.
I disagree that the Pentium M offers more performance than Turion.
And the Pentium M having such a low wattage is quiet amazing, considering that Intel processors (especially Prescott) generate MUCH MORE heat than AMD processors.
From what I've heard, Dothan's SSE execution is somewhat poor according to Intel's description. Yonah is supposedly going to fix this, as well as support SSE3 to boot. Then there's the whole dual-core with shared cache, it's an attractive gamble.
In any case, I think Dothan's performance, if in fact it IS inferior, it is juuuuuuust shy of Turion. I don't think Dothan likes DDR2 that much, though... benchmarks seem to show it performs better on dual channel DDR. Ho hum.
I'm wondering if I should wait for Yonah or Merom... Yonah has a 667 MHz frontside bus as compared to Merom's 1066 MHz, Merom is 64-bit and Merom will have 4 MB of shared L2 cache as opposed to Yonah's 2 MB.
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