Pentium III 1133 vs Atom D525
Primary details
Comparing Atom D525 and Pentium III 1133 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 | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Architecture codename | Pinetrail (2009−2011) | Tualatin (2000−2002) |
| Release date | 21 June 2010 (14 years ago) | July 2000 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $63 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom D525 and Pentium III 1133 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 1.8 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1.83 GHz | 1.13 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 8 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 66 mm2 | 80 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 69 °C |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | 44 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom D525 and Pentium III 1133 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 |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | 370 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 29 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D525 and Pentium III 1133. 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) | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Atom D525 and Pentium III 1133 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 D525 and Pentium III 1133 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D525 and Pentium III 1133. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2, DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB | no data |
| 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 | no 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 29 Watt |
Atom D525 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 123.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Atom D525 and Pentium III 1133. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Atom D525 is a notebook processor while Pentium III 1133 is a desktop one.
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