Atom 230 vs D425

Primary details

Comparing Atom D425 and Atom 230 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	no data	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Pineview (2009−2011)	Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date	21 June 2010 (14 years ago)	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$993	$29

Detailed specifications

Atom D425 and Atom 230 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	2
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.83 GHz	0.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	FSB
Bus rate	no data	533.33 MT/s
Multiplier	no data	12
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	56 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	66 mm2	25.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	123 million	47 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Atom D425 and Atom 230 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA559	PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D425 and Atom 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	-	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Atom D425 and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D425 and Atom 230 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D425 and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2, DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	4 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel GMA 3150

-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

---

---

Pros & cons summary

---

Recency	21 June 2010	2 April 2008
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	4 Watt

---

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom D425 and Atom 230, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.

---