Carmel could attain or exceed the performance of older Pentium 4-M platforms, while allowing for laptops to operate for 4 to 5 hours on a 48 W-h battery.
Carmel var i stand til at yde det samme som, eller mere end, den ældre Pentium 4-M platform, mens den samtidig typisk tillod en notebook at fungere i 4-5 timer på et 48 Watt-timers batteri.