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netghiro
Jan 03, 2016Aspirant
312 vs 212: which CPU has more power and does better transcoding
As by subject.
Please now that the new 212 and 214 models are out, sporting a quad core (ARM Cortex A15 1.4GHz CPU) does anyone knows if they are more powerful than the 31x series (312, 314 sportin...
BrianL2
Jan 03, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi netghiro,
You may also check each products datasheet for more information.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
StephenB
Jan 03, 2016Guru - Experienced User
The data sheets aren't enough to compare the two CPUs. I also couldn't find any CPU benchmarks of the RN214 processor.
Though I suspect that mdgm is correct in saying
-a single core of the atom in the RN312 is probably faster than than a single core in the RN212 ARM
-but when all 4 cores of the RN212 are engaged, it is likely faster than the 2 cores of the RN312.
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