Atom N450 vs 230

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Aggregate performance score

Atom 230
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 4 Watt
0.11
Atom N450
2009
1 core / 2 threads, 5 Watt
0.13
+18.2%

Atom N450 outperforms Atom 230 by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Atom N450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33763349
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Atom
Power efficiency2.602.05
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)21 December 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29$64

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s533 MHz
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache56 KB56 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size25.9638 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °C100 °C
Number of transistors47 Million123 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA437FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt5.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Atom N450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States-no data
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching--
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Atom N450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Atom N450 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Atom N450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2
Maximum memory size8 GB2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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.

Atom 230 0.11
Atom N450 0.13
+18.2%

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.

Atom 230 169
Atom N450 203
+20.1%

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.

Atom 230 557
Atom N450 560
+0.5%

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.

Atom 230 851
Atom N450 865
+1.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.11 0.13
Recency 2 April 2008 21 December 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 5 Watt

Atom 230 has 25% lower power consumption.

Atom N450, on the other hand, has a 18.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Atom N450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom 230 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom 230 and Atom N450, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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