We were unable to do a direct clock-to-clock memory comparison because the motherboards limited the manipulation of the FSB and there was no multiplier adjustment available.

Lavalys Everest 5.0.1667 Memory Performance

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The benefit of faster memory and Front Side Bus is clearly shown here in Everest with the newer CPUs. We're not entirely sure of the memory settings applied on the Jetway boards, since there's no option within the BIOS apart from '800MHz', and no program (even CPU-Z) can read either from within the OS. We assume it's simply SPD settings of our memory: 5-5-5-18 at 800MHz, compared to 4-4-4-10 at 533MHz on the older Atom boards.

The effect of a second core might not seem to make a difference or have an impact, but Everest is still a single-threaded benchmark, unlike Sisoft Sandra...

SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2010c (16.26) Lite

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The latency is clearly lower on the new Pineview systems, thanks to the increase in Front Side Bus and memory clocks, as is the bandwidth compared to the single-core D230. However, we still feel the D330 system is giving erroneous readings, even if they are entirely repeatable and consistent across many memory sticks.