better processor

[incognito247]

which is a better cpu for a little more than everyday use such as running adobe and doing photo and minor video editing?

up to 1.9 Intel Pentium 2127U (duo core) with Intel HD Graphics

or

AMD A6-Series Quad-Core A6-1450 processor (1ghz) with AMD Radeon HD 8250 graphics 512mb

both have 4gb ram.

 

[SiliconWars]

Does the A6 have the 1.4GHz turbo? If so they'll be fairly even in performance, otherwise the Pentium will be a bit faster, less so in well multithreaded apps. Graphically I'd expect the A6 to be a fair bit ahead. Battery life should also be much better on the A6.

You might be more interested in the A4-5000 if you can get it.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Get the Intel Pentium 2127U. The A6-1450 is a super weak tablet style CPU.

 

[incognito247]

thanks gents. i dont think the a6 has the turbo. I'm currently on a 2 core 2.5ghz i5 and it handles all my needs but I wanted something lighter and more portable with touchscreen. the a6 is 3lbs and the intel is close to 5 so I'll have to weight my options now.

a6= 400
intel=530

worth the extra 130 for intel?

 

[Cerb]

worth the extra 130 for intel?

In this case, yes. Some of the AMD chips are good values, but this one is going to be much slower than the comparable Intel. It's a direct competitor to Intel's Atom, thus those prices. The Pentium competes more with AMD's Trinity/Richland processors, and notebooks sporting them will be priced comparably.

 

[USER8000]

The A6 1450 Turbos upto 1.4GHZ and is designed for low cost thin and light laptops and tablets,as it has half the TDP as an entire SOC compared to the Pentium CPU alone. It probably will mean better batter life than the Pentium and also probably has a faster IGP,although the CPU is slower.

Make sure if you get the Pentium,that the RAM is in dual channel,otherwise IGP performance gets reduced quite a bit,and the Adobe CS is now adding OpenCL support too.

 

[NostaSeronx]

Intel Pentium 2127U - 17 Watt TDP - 6 EU(4 * 6) - 48 * 2 * 1 GHz = 96 tGFlops for GPU. 2 * 8 * 1.9 GHz = 30.4 tGFlops for CPU.

MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4

A6-1450 - 8 Watt TDP - 2 CU(64 * 2) - 128 * 2 * 0.4 GHz = 102.4 tGFlops for GPU. 4 * 8 * 1 GHz = 32 tGFlops for CPU.

MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4a
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4
AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions
BMI1 / Bit Manipulation instructions 1
F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion instructions

It would probably be better to wait for A4-5000 to replace the A6-1450 in this market.

 

[NTMBK]

Intel Pentium 2127U - 17 Watt TDP - 6 EU(4 * 6) - 48 * 2 * 1 GHz = 96 tGFlops for GPU. 2 * 8 * 1.9 GHz = 30.4 tGFlops for CPU.
A6-1450 - 8 Watt TDP - 2 CU(64 * 2) - 128 * 2 * 0.4 GHz = 102.4 tGFlops for GPU. 4 * 8 * 1 GHz = 32 tGFlops for CPU.

But peak GFLOPS rarely translates well to real world performance! For a start the Jaguar only has single channel memory and no L3, so keeping the cores fed is going to be harder- and it can only issue two instructions per cycle.

 

[incognito247]

much thanks. appreciate all the info. decided to stick with the a6 only because of battery life, price and portability. although its a step down on performance it still suits my needs. i dont do any high cpu/graphics work on adobe. just editing on photoshop/illustrator mostly. plus the 2lb difference sealed the deal.

 

[SiliconWars]

That's probably the best choice imo, even though the Pentium is faster it's nowhere near worth the extra cost in $$$'s and weight/battery for your usage.

 

[NostaSeronx]

even though the Pentium is probably faster ...

You guys need to remember that the Jaguar CPU architecture has the lowest latency to most AMD x86 architectures.

AMD Bulldozer/Piledriver - 10 worst case singlepath instructions.

800 cycles to decode -> 120-150 cycles to execute.

AMD Jaguar - 10 worst case singlepath instructions.
10-20 cycles to decode -> 10-20 cycles to execute.

and it can only issue two instructions per cycle.

The ops cache can allow for more than two instructions per cycle.
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[Gikaseixas]

much thanks. appreciate all the info. decided to stick with the a6 only because of battery life, price and portability. although its a step down on performance it still suits my needs. i dont do any high cpu/graphics work on adobe. just editing on photoshop/illustrator mostly. plus the 2lb difference sealed the deal.

Enjoy your new toy. It's great purchase for your needs.

 

[Cerb]

much thanks. appreciate all the info. decided to stick with the a6 only because of battery life, price and portability. although its a step down on performance it still suits my needs. i dont do any high cpu/graphics work on adobe. just editing on photoshop/illustrator mostly. plus the 2lb difference sealed the deal.

If you want more battery life, it probably is the better choice, as the Pentium will be able to eat up 5-8W more during regular usage, and nothing thin and light ever seems to come with high-Wh batteries. Faster back to idle, but even websites can keep the CPU and IGP busy and at higher power states. But, it definitely won't impress you in terms of its speed . That A6 is very much a tablet/netbook chip.