Athlon 900 vs Atom N2600

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N2600 and Athlon 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3233not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiency4.73no data
Architecture codenameCedarview-M (2011−2012)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date1 December 2011 (13 years ago)6 March 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$47$899

Detailed specifications

Atom N2600 and Athlon 900 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz0.9 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm180 nm
Die size66 mm2102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistors176 million22 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2600 and Athlon 900 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
SocketFCBGA559A
Power consumption (TDP)3.5 Watt60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and Athlon 900. 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
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data

Security technologies

Atom N2600 and Athlon 900 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 N2600 and Athlon 900 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2600 and Athlon 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1
Maximum memory size2.44 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 (400 MHz)N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2011 6 March 2000
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 3 Watt 60 Watt

Atom N2600 has an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 462.5% more advanced lithography process, and 1900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Atom N2600 and Athlon 900. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N2600 is a notebook processor while Athlon 900 is a desktop one.


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