Memory 1gb A Memory comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite. Memory 1gb: Processor: Intel Pentium Dual E2160 @ 1.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: BIOSTAR GF7050V-M7 SE, Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 630i, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WD800BD-00MR, Graphics: AMD Radeon X300 128MB, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: eView 17f3, Network: NVIDIA MCP73 + Ralink RT5360 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.9.90, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Memory 2gb: Processor: Intel Pentium Dual E2160 @ 1.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: BIOSTAR GF7050V-M7 SE, Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 630i, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WD800BD-00MR, Graphics: AMD Radeon X300 128MB, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: eView 17f3, Network: NVIDIA MCP73 + Ralink RT5360 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.9.90, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 memory 2gb 3ghz: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: BIOSTAR GF7050V-M7 SE, Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 630i, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WD800BD-00MR, Graphics: AMD Radeon X300 128MB, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: eView 17f3, Network: NVIDIA MCP73 + Ralink RT5360 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.9.90, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Memory 1gb ...... 1932.62 |=================================================== Memory 2gb ...... 1988.23 |==================================================== memory 2gb 3ghz . 1691.02 |============================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Memory 1gb ...... 1931.53 |=================================================== Memory 2gb ...... 1967.87 |==================================================== memory 2gb 3ghz . 1651.40 |============================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Memory 1gb ...... 2006.73 |=================================================== Memory 2gb ...... 2043.67 |==================================================== memory 2gb 3ghz . 1836.94 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Memory 1gb ...... 1972.81 |=================================================== Memory 2gb ...... 2001.30 |==================================================== memory 2gb 3ghz . 1820.90 |===============================================