Originally posted by coder
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My experience is that you can get a Core-based Pentium system for the same price, and the price gap to Core i3s is also negligible.
Take into account that even a Broadwell i3 will be highly superior to these Atom/Celeron/Pentium CPUs, especially if they are paired with HDD or eMMC storage: SSDs are practically non-existent in this price range. If an SSD is advertised, it most often means an eMMC storage device: that's the same flash memory as the one used in SD/microSD cards.
Just wait and see what happens when you get hit by Windows update or some background caching on a 4-core Pentium machine with an HDD or eMMC.
And sure, Atoms have come a long way since the D-series, or even the Hyper-Threading, dual core Z2***-series, but improvements since the Z3***-series have largely been made due to advancements in manufacturing technology. I.e. due to the change in node size Intel have been able to add more and better optimized cache that allows better performance.
Also, Silvermont is not a direct predecessor for Goldmont. If I remember correctly the order is: Silvermont, Airmont, Goldmont, but I might be mixing up Air- and Goldmont, in which case mea culpa.
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