VIA Nano L2100 vs. Intel Atom 230: Head to Head

We continue our test coverage with a few more modules from the comprehensive PCMark Vantage suite of benchmarks.  

Futuremark PCMark Vantage  Synthetic Benchmarks

Vantage Music suite includes the following tests:

Music 1 - Three simultaneous threads, Web page rendering – w/ music shop content, Audio transcoding: WAV -> WMA lossless, HDD: Adding music to Windows Media Player
Music 2 - Audio transcoding: WAV -> WMA lossless
Music 3 - Audio transcoding: MP3 -> WMA
Music 4 - Two simultaneous threads, Audio transcoding: WMA -> WMA, HDD: Adding music to Windows Media Player

The PCMark Vantage 'Music' test shows the VIA Nano processor finishing well ahead of the Intel Atom.  As we've noted the Nano has a clock speed advantage in this comparison, but the 17% delta by which the Nano wins this benchmark would be more than the Atom would be able to overcome had it also been clocked at 1.8GHz.
 

Vantage Communications suite includes the following tests:

Communications 1 - Three simultaneous threads, Data encryption: CNG AES CBC, Data compression, Web page rendering: graphics content, 1024x768, windowed
Communications 2 - Three simultaneous threads. Web page rendering: open various news pages from IE 7 Favorites in separate tabs, close them one by one, Data decryption: CNG AES CBC, HDD: Windows Defender
Communications 3 - Windows Mail: Search
Communications 4  - Two simultaneous threads, Data encryption: CNG AES CBC, Audio transcoding: WMA -> WMA - to simulate VOIP

The results from Vantage's 'Communications' test mirror those of the music test above--score another victory for the VIA Nano.

Vantage Productivity suite includes the following tests:

Productivity 1 - Two simultaneous threads, Text editing, HDD: application loading
Productivity 2 - Two simultaneous threads, Windows Contacts: search, HDD: Windows Defender
Productivity 3 - HDD: Windows Vista start-up
Productivity 4 - Three simultaneous threads, Windows Contacts: search, Windows Mail: Run Message Rules, Web page rendering: simultaneously open various pages from IE7 Favorites in separate tabs, close them one by one

PCMark Vantage's Productivity test also shows the VIA Nano in a very positive light.  In this test, the Nano finishes 521 points ahead of the Atom, which equates to about a 28% advantage for the Nano.