Atom N2600 vs Athlon II M300

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II M300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42
+110%
Atom N2600
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 3 Watt
0.20

Athlon II M300 outperforms Atom N2600 by a whopping 110% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M300 and Atom N2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29843233
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.144.73
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Cedarview-M (2011−2012)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)1 December 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$47

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and Atom N2600 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data66 mm2
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and Atom N2600 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 configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt3.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Atom N2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Athlon II M300 and Atom N2600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M300 and Atom N2600 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2.44 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 (400 MHz)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II M300 0.42
+110%
Atom N2600 0.20

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.

Athlon II M300 670
+112%
Atom N2600 316

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.

Athlon II M300 213
+184%
Atom N2600 75

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.

Athlon II M300 403
+91.9%
Atom N2600 210

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.

Athlon II M300 1700
+214%
Atom N2600 541

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.

Athlon II M300 3319
+117%
Atom N2600 1528

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.

Athlon II M300 1552
+91.1%
Atom N2600 812

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.

Athlon II M300 39.24
+68.2%
Atom N2600 66

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.42 0.20
Recency 10 September 2009 1 December 2011
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 3 Watt

Athlon II M300 has a 110% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom N2600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1066.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II M300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N2600 in performance tests.


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