CPU/Mobo Intel Yonah Performance Preview

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Obviously the biggest improvement Yonah offers over Dothan is the fact that it’s dual core. But where things get interesting is that thanks to Yonah’s 65nm process, a dual core Yonah die is about the same size as a single core Dothan die - in other words, it costs Intel just as much to make a dual core Yonah, as it did for them to make a single core Dothan.

A major reason the die size didn’t really go up much is because although Yonah has two cores, its L2 cache size remains unchanged at 2MB. Unlike the Pentium D, Yonah’s 2MB L2 cache is not split into two discrete 1MB caches, it is actually one whole 2MB cache that is shared by both cores. This is a very important distinction, as it means that Yonah is far from just two Dothans stuck together.
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While the Yonah and Athlon 64 X2 systems consumed relatively similar power at idle, Yonah hardly eats up any more power under full load. In fact, a 2.0GHz Yonah under 100% load consumes less power than an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ at idle. Obviously Intel has the advantage of being on a much lower power 65nm process, but it won't be until the second half of next year before we see any Athlon 64 X2s at 65nm, so it is an advantage that Intel will have for quite some time.

As a desktop contender, Yonah is a bit of a mixed bag. While its performance in content creation applications has definitely improved over the single core Dothan, it still falls behind the Athlon 64 X2 in a handful of areas. Intel still needs to improve their video encoding and gaming performance, but it looks like we may have to wait for Conroe and Merom for that.
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Not very promising as a desktop CPU to say the least... By the time Yonah is out, probably the 4200+ will become the entry level dual core. Intel needs to ramp up those clocks pretty quickly.
 
Chaos knows that... lol :rofl: :rofl:

What he meant was that it will not be very wise of Intel to make a desktop version of Yonah to compete with the X2s.
 
Not very promising as a desktop CPU to say the least... By the time Yonah is out, probably the 4200+ will become the entry level dual core. Intel needs to ramp up those clocks pretty quickly.
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Its very promising AFAIK, its a mobile CPU for desktop versions, they can afford to increase the clock speeds. It certainly bridges the performance gap between AMD and Intel. Now pricing is of utmost importance.
 
We recently got in touch with a few Intel Corp. partners and learned that the much anticipated processor from Intel, codenamed Yonah, is expected to debut early next year on January 6th.

The launch venue is expected to be India. However, we are not able to confirm if there are going to be more simultaneous launches or if this is going to be an exclusive launch. Knowing that the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2006) will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada around the same timeframe, it makes sense for Intel to do a simultaneous launch in the U.S. as well.

If Intel decides to exclusively launch Yonah in India, it would not be the first time. Recently, Motorola launched its SLVR-L6 cell phone in India due to price sensitivity in the market.

Intel’s Yonah is a dual-core chip based on the 65nm fabrication process. Yonah will also mark the first launch with Intel’s new strategy in place – performance per watt.
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In India ? Why ? Apart from the hordes of Presscot and Williamette pieces of crap, Intel have not been able to sell any of its high end products in India.
 
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