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How does the AMD E-350 fare vs. Intel’s CPU?

The introduction of the AMD Fusion APU has sparked a lot of curiosity among consumers who only had Intel’s Atom and ULVs as lone choices for netbooks and ultraportables for a long time. Among AMD’s new CPU line-up is the dual-core E-350 running at 1.6GHz.

AMD’s Fusion APU can be considered a direct competitor to Intel’s HD Graphics embedded chip, specifically the one on the Core i3. It can also be compared to the older Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processors with Intel GMA 4500 chips or the newer set of dual-core Atom processors coupled with NVidia Ion2 chip.

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So what we have here below is a line-up of ultraportables running various Intel and AMD chips with their Windows Experience Index taken during review.

Intel Core i3 330UM ULV @ 1.2GHz with Intel HD Graphics
(Asus UL20FT)

Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 @ 1.3GHz with Intel GMA 4500MHD
(Asus UL20A)

Intel Atom D525 Dual Core @ 1.8GHz with NVidia Ion2
(Asus Eee PC 1215N)

AMD Athlon II Neo K125 @ 1.7GHz with ATI Radeon HD 4225
(Acer Aspire One 721)

AMD Athlon II Neo K325 @ 1.3GHz with ATI Radeon HD 4225
(Acer Aspire 1551)

AMD E-350 @ 1.6GHz with AMD Radeon HD6310
(Sony Vaio Y)

In terms of processor, the AMD E-350 is just below the old Intel ULVs by a couple of points and much lower than a ULV Core i3. However, it beats the Intel Atom D525 Dual Core @ 1.8GHz processor by a significant difference.

It’s actually in the graphics department where the E-350 with its Radeon HD6310 trumps everybody else — Intel GMA 4500MHD, Intel HD Graphics and even beating the NVidia Ion2 as well.

Here’s a chart of WEI sub-scores of all netbook/ultraportable CPUs we’ve tested before.

The AMD E-350 chip has a TDP of 18watts which is exactly the same the Intel Core i3-330UM so it terms of battery life, they’re pretty much at par with each other. This comparison is only based on WEI and is in-conclusive but that should give us a good birds eye view of where AMD’s Fusion APU is positioned.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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    why do these guys always use the WEI common it the most unreliable piece of benchmarking tools we need real benchmarks like everest. no more WEI please. and who would buy a netbook with an intel atom and with an intel gma 3150. its only good for its battery life. common if your going for a netbook go for AMD.

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