Atom N270 vs A8 PRO-7600B
Primary details
Comparing A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1981 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 2.71 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Kaveri (2014−2015) | DiamondVille (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 31 July 2014 (10 years ago) | 2 April 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $44 |
Detailed specifications
A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 12 |
| L1 cache | no data | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 4096 KB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 245 mm2 | 25.9638 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 71 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 2,411 million | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.9V-1.1625V |
Compatibility
Information on A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270 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 | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FM2+ | PBGA437 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 2.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| Out-of-band client management | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| RAID | + | - |
| HSA | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-2133 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics | - |
| iGPU core count | 6 | - |
| Number of pipelines | 384 | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 July 2014 | 2 April 2008 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 2 Watt |
A8 PRO-7600B has an age advantage of 6 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.
Atom N270, on the other hand, has 3150% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that A8 PRO-7600B is a desktop processor while Atom N270 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between A8 PRO-7600B and Atom N270, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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