Intel Atom D510 & D410 Processor Benchmark [Upcoming Intel Atom CPUs D510 vs D410, Tested Out]

Intel Atom has almost become the de-facto standard in processors when it comes to low power computing. Part of the wide range of portable gadgets, and that includes everything from netbooks and nettops to tablet PCs, the biggest drawback of the initial Atom chip was the single processor. But with Intel now releasing a dual-core version of the same processor that became popular months ago, it’s only natural to agree with the fact that the Atom is now part of a bigger revolution.

The guys over running German website CarTFT, were able to get their hands on some samples of both the Atom D510 and D410 processors (nettop versions), and inevitably, they went ahead and pitted it against the existing processors and platforms. On top of that they did some benchmarking and the results were not very surprising.

The new generation chips pull ahead of the current-generation chips in terms of pure computing power. In tests such as those using the Super PI benchmarking application, the new gen chips show their processing power, but there is much less parity with the older chips when it comes to real world applications. An Atom 330+nVidia ion combo is able to beat the new CPUs both in terms of Windows 7 performance and 3DMark ’03 tests. In other words, the D510 and the D410 are ahead of their older brothers.

In terms of power consumption, the new Atoms pull in 33W and 26W at peak and idle, respectively. This is lesser than the already frugal 40-45W consumed by the Atom 330+945GC pair.

The new platform (PineView) was never intended to be a killer in performance since Intel would then end up hurting their own business in the mainstream processors niche. To conclude, it just goes on to show that the CPU isn’t as important as the CPU/Chipset/GPU combination, but still has the “awe” to get our eyes.

Don’t you think?