Atom Z550 vs N2600
Primary details
Comparing Atom N2600 and Atom Z550 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 | Intel Atom | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) | Silverthorne (2008−2010) |
| Release date | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) | 8 April 2009 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $47 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom N2600 and Atom Z550 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 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 15 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 56 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 66 mm2 | 26 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | 47 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N2600 and Atom Z550 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 | PBGA441 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3.5 Watt | 2.4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and Atom Z550. 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) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | + |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Atom N2600 and Atom Z550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2600 and Atom Z550 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2600 and Atom Z550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | unknown |
| Maximum memory size | 2.44 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 December 2011 | 8 April 2009 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3 Watt | 2 Watt |
Atom N2600 has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
Atom Z550, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Atom N2600 and Atom Z550. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N2600 and Atom Z550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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