Atom D2700 vs Athlon II X3 455
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2345 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.52 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 1.18 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Rana (2009−2011) | Cedarview (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 7 December 2010 (13 years ago) | 1 November 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $88 | $52 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700 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 | 3 (Tri-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 3 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.13 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 0.13 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 169 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 300 million | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700 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 |
| Socket | AM3 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
| AMT | no data | - |
| HD Audio | no data | + |
Security technologies
Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | 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 | no data | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 8 |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 December 2010 | 1 November 2011 |
| Physical cores | 3 | 2 |
| Threads | 3 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 10 Watt |
Athlon II X3 455 has 50% more physical cores.
Atom D2700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, 33.3% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 850% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon II X3 455 is a desktop processor while Atom D2700 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X3 455 and Atom D2700, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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