A8-3800 vs Atom D2500

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Primary details

Comparing Atom D2500 and A8-3800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2233
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Architecture codenameCedarview (2011−2012)Llano (2011−2012)
Release date28 December 2011 (12 years ago)30 June 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom D2500 and A8-3800 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size66 mm2228 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors176 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2500 and A8-3800 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA559FM1
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2500 and A8-3800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
AMT-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data
HD Audio+no data

Security technologies

Atom D2500 and A8-3800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2500 and A8-3800 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 D2500 and A8-3800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size4 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data
Maximum memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel GMAAMD Radeon HD 6550D

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2500 and A8-3800 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2500 and A8-3800.

PCI Express lanes4no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data

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 D2500 246
A8-3800 2049
+733%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 December 2011 30 June 2011
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 65 Watt

Atom D2500 has an age advantage of 5 months, and 550% lower power consumption.

A8-3800, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom D2500 and A8-3800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom D2500 is a notebook processor while A8-3800 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom D2500 and A8-3800, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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