Atom D2550 vs A6-9220
Primary details
Comparing A6-9220 and Atom D2550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2586 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Bristol Ridge | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 5.11 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | Cedarview (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 1 November 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-9220 and Atom D2550 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 1.86 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 1.87 GHz |
| L1 cache | 160 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 124.5 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1200 Million | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A6-9220 and Atom D2550 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | BGA | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10-15 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9220 and Atom D2550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Virtualization, | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9220 and Atom D2550 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
| VT-i | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9220 and Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 6.4 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A6-9220 and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9220 and Atom D2550.
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 1 November 2011 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
A6-9220 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
Atom D2550, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between A6-9220 and Atom D2550. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between A6-9220 and Atom D2550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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