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Principled Technologies, Inc.: Performance on Microsoft Windows
Vista of Intel vPro technology-based and AMD processor-based PCs
in common business scenarios
Recalculating business revenue using Microsoft Office Excel 2007
As Figures 7 and 8 show, the Intel vPro technology-based PC with the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6700 was
1.59 times faster than the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ processor-based PC on this test.
As Figure 8 shows,
this difference
represented a
significant
improvement in the
time necessary to
perform the task. The
Intel vPro
technology-based PC
with the Intel Core 2
Duo processor
E6700 finished the
task more than 16
seconds faster than
the AMD Athlon 64
X2 5200+ processor-
based PC.
PERFORMANCE RESULTS
(seconds)
COMPARATIVE RATING
AMD Athlon 64 X2
5200+ processor on
ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM
Intel vPro with Core 2
Duo processor E6700
on Intel DQ965GF
TASKS
AMD Athlon 64 X2
5200+ processor on
ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM
Intel vPro with Core 2
Duo processor E6700
on Intel DQ965GF
45.41 28.55
Task:
Recalculating
business
revenue
1.00 1.59
Figure 8: Results for the Excel recalculation scenario for both test systems. Lower performance results are better. Higher
comparative ratings are better.
Figure 7: Normalized results for the Excel recalculation scenario for both test systems. Larger
numbers indicate better performance.
Excel recalculation scenario
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.60
1.80
Recalculating business revenue using
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Performance relative to AMD Athlon 64 X2
5200+ processor-based PC
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
processor-based PC
Intel vPro technology based
PC w ith Intel Core 2 Duo
processor E6700
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