ATOM-dedicated GeForce 9400M : First Results. Ready for the Apple TV 2?

Anandtech could attend a demo of the ATOM-dedicated GeForce 9400M motherboard, and directly confirmed our previous information about the potential of this chipset.

They of course could not run an in-depth test and analysis, however, some results illustrate the potential. When decoding a video stream in HD 1080p format at 18 Mbit/s, the small ATOM CPU was only loaded at 27%. The Core 2 Duo of a Mac mini will be fully loaded to complete the same task.
This is the proof that the graphical chipset and/or associated GPU can perform some specific task more efficiently than CPU. For NVidia it is important to demonstrate that a powerful graphical chipset associated with a entry-level CPU can nevertheless lead to a hardware with interesting performance levels.