Real Life Mobile Penryn vs Merom Benchmarks
Anandtech offers a direct comparison between the existing Merom processors that currently power the MacBook Pro line, and the just-released Mobile Penryn processors. Apple is rumored to be working on MacBook Pro revisions as early as Macworld Expo next week that use these new Intel processors.
Anandtech was able to provide a direct comparison between the two processors:
With just the processor change alone, the new Penryn laptop offered 5-10% more battery life on their benchmarks. Meanwhile, the new processor saw 1 - 8% speed boosts on common tasks, and up to 40% improvements in applications that support the SSE4 instruction set.
Apple's MacBook Pro is currently available with Merom chips at 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.6GHz speeds. The last major revision of the MacBook Pro was in June of 2007.
Anandtech was able to provide a direct comparison between the two processors:
Intel sent us two Dell Latitude D630 notebooks, identically configured, with one variable: the CPU. In one D630, we had a Core 2 Duo T7800, which is a Merom based chip running at 2.6GHz with an 800MHz FSB and a 4MB L2 cache. The other D630 came equipped with a new 45nm Core 2 Duo T9500, also running at 2.6GHz/800MHz but with a larger 6MB L2 cache.
With just the processor change alone, the new Penryn laptop offered 5-10% more battery life on their benchmarks. Meanwhile, the new processor saw 1 - 8% speed boosts on common tasks, and up to 40% improvements in applications that support the SSE4 instruction set.
Apple's MacBook Pro is currently available with Merom chips at 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.6GHz speeds. The last major revision of the MacBook Pro was in June of 2007.
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53 months ago
Here is hoping new MacBook Pros at Mac World, followed by new MacBooks and iMacs next summer.
Here is also hoping Photoshop adds SSE4 support for common filters.
Here is also hoping Photoshop adds SSE4 support for common filters.
53 months ago
To me this chip revision is more about the 45 nm technology, with its associated chemistry change, and an incremental improvement in power management, and the SSE4 language for bleeding edge apps, which do not effect most people, are the geek-kicker. Pro apps.
The notable thing beside better power usage is far better likelihood of deeper back-end price drops due to far smaller die sizes. Given Apple uses long term supply agreements with back end discounts, this product was designed more for manufacturability than even for features, which are strong enough indeed.
Apple is winning the vendor-supplier game, and Intel is reaping the benefits.
Rocketman
The notable thing beside better power usage is far better likelihood of deeper back-end price drops due to far smaller die sizes. Given Apple uses long term supply agreements with back end discounts, this product was designed more for manufacturability than even for features, which are strong enough indeed.
Apple is winning the vendor-supplier game, and Intel is reaping the benefits.
Rocketman
53 months ago
now im no expert but werent the macbook pro's updated to santa rosa chips in june? or is merom another name for santa rosa.
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/06/05/apple-releases-new-macbook-pros-with-santa-rosa/
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/06/05/apple-releases-new-macbook-pros-with-santa-rosa/
53 months ago
yea santa rosa is a subgroup of the merom processors.
Penryn is a new 45nm chip.
Penryn is a new 45nm chip.
53 months ago
yea santa rosa is a subgroup of the merom processors.
Penryn is a new 45nm chip.
i know what penry is. Though santa rosa chips are already 45nm and use the high k method that im guessing was carried over to penry as well
53 months ago
What OS? Windows Vista I presume?
Is Vista fully 64bit?
Is Vista optimized to handle multiple processors/cores?
Can it throttle processor utilization and power consumption?
Sorry, I'm fulla questions and sorta feel like 10.5.2 will address some of these issues.
Penryns will show even better improvement with OS X.
Is Vista fully 64bit?
Is Vista optimized to handle multiple processors/cores?
Can it throttle processor utilization and power consumption?
Sorry, I'm fulla questions and sorta feel like 10.5.2 will address some of these issues.
Penryns will show even better improvement with OS X.
53 months ago
Meanwhile, the new processor saw... 40% improvements in applications that support the SSE4 instruction set.
What applications/types of applications take advantage of this?
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