By
Harald Thon,
published on December 16, 2003
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: a, new, notebook, hosts, the, athlon64 | Themes: Business Notebooks
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: a, new, notebook, hosts, the, athlon64 | Themes: Business Notebooks
Contents
- 1. 64 Bit Power In A Notebook: Mobile Athlon64 3000+
- 2. The Mobile Athlon64 Lined Up Against The Desktop Athlon64 And The Competition
- 3. Two Names For The Same Technology: PowerNow And Cool & Quiet
- 4. Two Names For The Same Technology: PowerNow And Cool & Quiet, Continued
- 5. A Large L2 Cache Isn't All Roses
- 6. Test Setup: Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD
- 7. The Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD In Images
- 8. Benchmarks
- 9. For Reference: Dell Inspiron 8600
- 10. Synthetic Benchmarks
- 11. SisoftSandra 2003 Max3, Continued
- 12. Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
- 13. Application Benchmarks
- 14. Raytracing: POV-Ray For Windows
- 15. System Performance: Sysmark 2002
- 16. Battery Tests
- 17. Games Performance
- 18. DirectX 8: Unreal Tournament 2003
- 19. OpenGL: Quake III Team Arena
- 20. DirectX9: Aquamark 3
- 21. DirectX 8: Splintercell
- 22. Is 800 MHz Enough To Play On?
- 23. Conclusion
- 24. More on this topic
13. Application Benchmarks
MP3 Encoding
In this test, we encode a 178 MB WAV file in MP3 format using the MP3 encoder Lame. We measured the time required for the encoding process.
Dell's Inspiron 8600 is the winner in this discipline. Despite its lower speed, the Pentium-M also scores higher performance.
The results prove that the Mobile Athlon64 in the Q8M Power64 XD always runs at the lowest speed in battery mode. With this example in mind, it should be blindingly obvious how important a faster CPU is for quick encoding of MP3 files.
The Pentium-M in the Inspiron 8600, on the other hand, dynamically adapts CPU speed to the power scheme selected (Portable Laptop) or runs on the lowest speed setting (Max Battery).
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