First Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom) Benchmarks

Today Alb-Computer.de sent us a brandnew Alb C18 based on a Asus barebone of the new "certified by Intel" series. Equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 2,13 GHz dual core processor and ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 the laptop must prove the performance of the new Intel processor with first benchmarks.

Alb C18
Core 2 Duo T7400 - 2.16 GHz, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256 MB, 2048 MB RAM

80% - Asus A6Ja-Q001H (multimedia) - 20.6.2006
Intel Core Duo T2300 - 1.66 GHz, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256 MB, 2.85 kg
15.4 " 16:10 1280x800 Pixel, WSXGA Color Shine Glare
review

85% - Samsung X60 NP-X60TV01 (multimedia) - 9.6.2006
Intel Core Duo T2500 - 2.0 GHz, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256 MB, 2.55 kg
15.4 "
review

89% - Apple MacBook Pro 17" (desktop replacement) - 31.5.2006
Intel Core Duo T2600 - 2.16 GHz, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 256 MB, 3.1 kg
17 "
review

The new Core 2 Duo T7400 seems to be a great thing. The performance is clearly better than the equally clocked Core Duo T2600 (e.g. in MacBook Pro 17"). His need for energy is higher too (mainly because of the Level 2 Cache, which is doubled up to 4MB), but also because of improved energy saving functions (therefore the energy consumption without charge is almost the same like with Core Duo). With normal charge the battery runtime should remain almost the same (what was affirmed by tests of other magazines). Nevertheless the performance is better (so the processor has less work to do).