Now that the Intel Atom N280 has arrived (c/o the Acer Aspire One D150), we’ll try to take a look if this slightly higher-clocked CPU is indeed faster than its predecessor. So, we compared it to the Atom N270 and got the following results:
A quick run thru Super Pi showed the N280 (1.66GHz) edging slightly faster than the N270 (1.6GHz). That extra 60MHz is evident in the results.
The main difference between the N270 and the N280 is actually in the bus speed (133Mhz vs. 166MHz) as shown in the CPUId below:
Also check out our comparison of the Atom Z539 vs. the N270.
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Makes me wonder how this relates to the real world experience. Most probably people won’t even see or feel a difference. BTW, are netbooks with N280 Atoms more expensive?
Since they are newer, they tend to be more expensive.
What I actually meant was if the price difference would be worth the upgrade. My bad!
From the CPU-Z pictures it appears that you run both cpu’s on battery power. Is the difference in speed similar when you use them on AC?
And is it possible to adjust the cpu speed on the Atom N280 as you can on a Wind 100 which is Atom N270 based?