Atom N450 vs A10-6800K

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Primary details

Comparing A10-6800K and Atom N450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1918not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.27no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)Intel Atom
Power efficiency1.89no data
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release date1 June 2013 (11 years ago)21 December 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$142$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A10-6800K and Atom N450 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed4.1 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache192 KB56 KB (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size246 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,303 million123 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A10-6800K and Atom N450 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFM2FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt5.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-6800K and Atom N450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

A10-6800K and Atom N450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-6800K and Atom N450 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-6800K and Atom N450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channels21

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8670DOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Number of pipelines384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-6800K and Atom N450 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-6800K and Atom N450 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 11no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-6800K and Atom N450.

PCIe version2.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A10-6800K 3186
+1469%
Atom N450 203

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A10-6800K 483
+571%
Atom N450 72

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A10-6800K 1146
+905%
Atom N450 114

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A10-6800K 3428
+512%
Atom N450 560

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A10-6800K 10077
+1065%
Atom N450 865

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A10-6800K 4885
+889%
Atom N450 494

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A10-6800K 16.1
+627%
Atom N450 117

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A10-6800K 4
+1404%
Atom N450 0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2013 21 December 2009
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 5 Watt

A10-6800K has an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Atom N450, on the other hand, has 1900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A10-6800K and Atom N450. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A10-6800K is a desktop processor while Atom N450 is a notebook one.


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