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Price:Performance

The PCMark 05, PCMark Vantage and PC Mark 7 benchmarks give a clean sweep of test results to the Intel hardware. Except... the Intel laptop retails for about £629, while the AMD version only costs £500. Comparing the benchmark points each laptop buys you will tell a slightly different story.

PCMark 07

AMD Llano vs Intel Sandy Bridge PCMark 07

Longer bars are better

PCMark 07 per Pound

AMD Llano vs Intel Sandy Bridge PCMark 07 by price

Longer bars indicate better value

PCMark Vantage

AMD Llano vs Intel Sandy Bridge PCMark Vantage

Longer bars are better

PCMark Vantage per Pound

AMD Llano vs Intel Sandy Bridge PCMark Vantage by price

Longer bars indicate better value

PCMark 05

AMD Llano vs Intel Sandy Bridge PCMark 05

Longer bars are better

PCMark 05 per pound

AMD Llano vs Intel Sandy Bridge PCMark 05 by price

Longer bars indicate better value

On a price:performance basis, Sandy Bridge has the edge, but only by a nose.

The tables were turned in the graphics benchmarks, which come out in favour of AMD.

Next page: Best value system?

One important test forgotten...

What was the battery life for each laptop?

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Anonymous Coward

Learn the use the "Reply to this post" button or fear the downvoting of your sarcasm!

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Looks like you are in the Market for a secondhand netbook then you cheaptard.

Why are you bothering to read any new laptop review?

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Utter Garbage

Match up the RAM, post enough detail about configs for repeatable results and match up the pricing. Or, on that last point, if you're concerned about HP's pricing then at least compare A6 to i3. Nowhere in the market do A6 and i5 parts actually compete.

It baffles me that you'd go to the lengths of finding two more or less identical lines that come in Intel and AMD flavours, then just handwave away such obvious flaws.

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Also

Let's not forget that this was a 1.6ghz amd vs a 2.3ghz intel. AMD is already behind on a per-cycle performance standpoint. This "comparison" was flawed from the start.

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