Core 2 Solo U2200 vs Atom 230

Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Core 2 Solo U2200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Core 2 Solo
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Merom-L (2007)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$29	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 and Core 2 Solo U2200 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	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	1.2 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	533 MHz
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	0.8V-1V

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 and Core 2 Solo U2200 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	PBGA437	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	5.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Core 2 Solo U2200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Core 2 Solo U2200 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 Core 2 Solo U2200 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Core 2 Solo U2200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size

8 GB

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Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	5 Watt

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