Intel has managed to become the mobile chipset vendor to hit 2GHz with its latest Atom chipset. The frequency is impressive indeed and Intel even went on to say that it's not coming at the expense of power consumption. The chipset is built on a 32nm process, so maybe there's some truth to that.
Testing the 2GHz Atom
For usability, it's pretty good. The Motorola Razr i XT890 is quite responsive and it performs very well when it comes to web browsing, switching between apps, even if there's something going on in the background (e.g. an app being installed).
The processor doesn't benchmark too well though, even with the clock speed increase. Single-threaded performance in Benchmark Pi is nothing spectacular. The Linpack score is pretty good for a single-core processor and Quadrant puts the RAZR i very close to the Atrix HD.
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GPU benchmark
We also managed to run a quick NenaMark 2 test. Intel promised that they've increased the GPU speed by moving it to their 32nm process and there is indeed a small speed bump.
It's still an old PowerVR SGX540 GPU though, so it doesn't stack up very well against newer designs like Tegra 3's GPU, Mali-400 or the Adreno 225.
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Browser benchmarks
The JavaScript performance, however, is absolutely stunning. It's just about as fast as we've seen a mobile device perform on SunSpider, with only Note II beating it. We suspect the tables will turn when the Motorola RAZR i gets updated to Jelly Bean though (the JB browser is quite a bit faster than the ICS one). Even general browser performance is excellent as BrowserMark shows, the RAZR i lags behind only Samsung's quad-core designs.
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