news 28 Posted August 2, 2008 The Intel Atom and VIA Nano processors have been making a ton of noise in the market place as they are inexpensive, energy efficient and fit into sleek and [censored]y devices that consumers are looking for today. Armed with the VIA Nano processor and the Intel Atom processor, I can now do a direct performance comparison against two of the most talked about processors for 2008. Quote: "I'm sure a fair number of you expected the VIA Nano L2100 to come out ahead because it operates at 1.8GHz, while the Intel Atom 230 runs at just 1.6Ghz, but there is more to it than the 12.5% difference in clock frequency. The VIA Nano processor is based on superior superscalar out of order architecture, which is why it performs better than the Intel Atom processor. The VIA Nano processor beat the Intel Atom processor in every single performance benchmark we ran and that says a ton for the engineers (Centaur Technologies) who designed the Nano processor..." Article Title: Intel ATOM 230 versus VIA Nano L2100 ( -at -) Legit Reviews Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/757/1/ Picture: http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/757/atom_nano.jpg -- Share this post Link to post
