HD Graphics 520 vs Atom N2600

Primary details

Comparing Atom N2600 and HD Graphics 520 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 HD Graphics
Architecture codename	Cedarview-M (2011−2012)	Gen9
Release date	1 December 2011 (12 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$47	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N2600 and HD Graphics 520 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)	no data
Threads	4	no data
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	0.35 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size	66 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	176 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2600 and HD Graphics 520 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA559	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	3.5 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and HD Graphics 520. 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
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom N2600 and HD Graphics 520 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 HD Graphics 520 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 HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	2.44 GB	32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

32 nm

14 nm

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