Dell Inspiron 8200 Pentium 4-M 2.0GHz

Performance - Overall Performance

Office Performance Office Productivity SYSMark 2002 Desktop 2.0GHz Desktop 1.9GHz Desktop 1.8GHz WinBook J4 2.4GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz Compaq Presario 2800T 1.7GHz WinBook N4 1.8GHz ECS i-Buddie XP 2100+ ECS i-Buddie 4 1.6GHz Toshiba 1905-S277 1.6GHz ASUS S1 1.2GHz Compaq Presario 900 1500+ 161 155 153 138 128 123 119 119 102 99 91 87 | 0 | 32 | 64 | 97 | 129 | 161 | 193

Off the bat the the Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz secures itself as the fastest performing notebook based off of a mobile processor that we have seen at AnandTech. The 2.0GHz Mobile Pentium 4-M is the second fastest mobile Pentium 4 processor available and it certainly does not disappoint. The Dell Inspiron 8200 with the 2.0GHz processor on a DDR memory bus was able to perform within 8% of the SDR based 2.4GHz WinBook J4 (based off a desktop processor running 400MHz faster). As we have seen in previous reviews, the performance of notebook systems are typically off that of a comparable desktop system. Our Dell Inspiron 8200 performed 26% slower than the 2.0GHz desktop system we configured. The difference in speed results from a number of issues present in notebooks (such as slower hard drives, less aggressive memory timings, ect), and is typically observed when comparing any laptop to a desktop system. The Inspiron 8200's next closest competitor, the Compaq Presario 2800T, fell back 4% in the Office Productivity portion of SYSMark 2002.

Overall Performance SYSMark 2002 Desktop 2.0GHz Desktop 1.9GHz Desktop 1.8GHz WinBook J4 2.4GHz Dell Inspiron 8200 2.0GHz Compaq Presario 2800T 1.7GHz WinBook N4 1.8GHz ECS i-Buddie XP 2100+ ECS i-Buddie 4 1.6GHz Toshiba 1905-S277 1.6GHz Compaq Presario 900 1500+ ASUS S1 1.2GHz 215 205 202 195 180 167 160 151 141 127 112 94 | 0 | 43 | 86 | 129 | 172 | 215 | 258

Again we see the the Dell Inspiron 8200 fall short of only one other mobile system: the desktop processor based WinBook J4. Thanks to its faster processor, the WinBook J4 performed 8% faster overall in SYSMark 2002. The Inspiron 8200 outperformed the next fastest system, the Compaq Presario 2800T, by 8%. Performance of the mobile system was 19% slower overall than the performance of the 2.0GHz desktop system. Again, this is a trend that we have seen throughout all mobile platforms.