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Desktop CPU vs Cell CPU power.???

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dan330

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i know it is hard to exactly compare..

but how do the cpu's power compare to each other...
CPU in Desktops vs CPU in mobile devices.

what would you say the equivalent desktop/laptop CPU would be?

Single-Core 1GHz CPU =

Dual-Core 1.5GHhz CPU =

Quad-Core 2GHZ CPU =
 
Dhrystone MIPS is one good metric, so here are some comparisons from the

AnandTech - ARM's Cortex A7: Bringing Cheaper Dual-Core & More Power Efficient High-End Devices

PS Vita and ARM CPUs are nowhere near PC speeds. | G3AR

Not comprehensive comparisons to be sure, but certainly food for thought.

The power of the mobile processors comes from their other tight-knit cores - specific cores exist for image processing, digital signal processing as well as graphics processing and various extensions for media codec support, so when it comes to doing actual work rather than spinning in a loop for a benchmark, the newer mobile SoC processors are going to be within desktop striking range very, very soon.
 
EarlyMon said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMIPS

PS Vita and ARM CPUs are nowhere near PC speeds. | G3AR
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that article does point me in the right direction... thanks.

desktop CPUs are much more powerful than mobile CPU..

mobile CPUs are still quite powerful but about similar to CPUs of over 6 yrs ago. they are ok for word or spreadsheet processing...needs on a PC.

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this all started because ..

my friend has an OLD Dell desktop (i am guessing 5yrs old-ish; dont have the specs handy).. that has a very hard time running Nefix... shudders..lags..

but his iphone4 and my EVO can run it fine.

he argues that is because the phones are much more powerful than the Desktop.

I was trying to explain that it was due to other factors... but had a hard time coming up with a good explanation. maybe more efficient OS. Windows XP is just heavy in backward compatibilities...
 
Android is compact and doesn't load down a CPU the way Windows does - so, less processor power, but the OS is optimized for what it does - and so with a more nimble OS and more nimble apps - sure, lots of places that equal or exceed a 5 year old PC (within reasonable limits).

Our superphones are really like little pocket laptops in a lot of regards, Android especially.
 
All I know is I have not used my laptop in 7 months (07 gateway 1.5g ) since I got my EVO 3D (1.2 g processor) This phone is just as fast as my laptop,and much lighter.
 
Not sure how well this relates, but I was trying to extract a zip file to my phone last weekend, it took several minutes (5ish) that same zip file was extracted later on my computer (netbook) in like thirty seconds (while doing other things on it).

Not quite scientific, but just something to roll around in the the frontal lobe.
 
My computer has 3G RAM and my Android phone is 3G, so they must be the same. :p

In all seriousness, I'd never be able to use my phone instead of my laptop. Not only because it's much weaker: also because of how longer it is to browse the web, to work, etc. Plus, there are many things my phone can't do as well as a real computer (programming, photo-editing, etc). I'm in the market for another monitor. I'll let the dust settle, and then I'll probably be in the market for a third one. ;)
 
johnny utah said:
All I know is I have not used my laptop in 7 months (07 gateway 1.5g ) since I got my EVO 3D (1.2 g processor) This phone is just as fast as my laptop,and much lighter.
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I suppose it depends on what you're doing. If you're just surfing, IM, Skype, updating Facebook, there's the Phandroid app for AF, etc. an Android phone is just fine for that. But if you need to do document or powerpoint creation etc, that really requires a laptop IMO. That's what I've found.
 
Has anyone else seen the "using the Nexus as a desktop" video? Looks pretty interesting, especially if someone only has use for a webtop-type environment.

Not a "computer" in terms of horsepower for sure, but like was said above I feel like I have a minicomputer in my pocket. The GN is the first handset that has ever made me feel that way, and I have used most of the high-end smart phones and OS environments released in the last five years or so.


Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
 
I'd love to see that video, if you find it, please post it here.

I've run an Ubuntu parallel to Android on my phone and using VNC, have put that desktop on my actual laptop, while still being able to use my phone. Did I really need to? No, I guess not, but I wanted to see how much horsepower a dual-core phone has - and it's a lot.

Ram and storage limitations will certainly prevent today's phones from completely replacing a laptop, but I stand by my original statement -

Our superphones are really like little pocket laptops in a lot of regards, Android especially.
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I never said in all regards. :) ;)
 
Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool. I don't know how a setup like that would perform in real life and daily use, but for "simple" things it seems like a reasonable alternative to a dedicates webtop machine, especially for the budget-conscious.

If anyone else sets this up, let us know how it works for you.
 
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