Ryzen 5 2600X vs Atom 330

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Primary details

Comparing Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated865
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel AtomAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data8.73
Architecture codenameDiamondville (2008−2009)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$43$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz4.25 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier1236
L1 cache112 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm12 nm
Die size51.9276 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors94 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPBGA437AM4
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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 Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card--

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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.

Atom 330 363
Ryzen 5 2600X 13907
+3731%

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 330 542
Ryzen 5 2600X 4958
+815%

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 330 1530
Ryzen 5 2600X 29954
+1858%

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.

Atom 330 116.45
Ryzen 5 2600X 4.62
+2421%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 19 April 2018
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 95 Watt

Atom 330 has 1087.5% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 2600X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom 330 and Ryzen 5 2600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom 330 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 2600X is a desktop one.


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