i5-9600 vs Atom N2650

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1035
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.70
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data9.58
Architecture codenameCedarview-M (2011−2012)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date5 January 2012 (12 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$213

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads46
Base clock speedno data3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
L3 cacheno data9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)3,6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+

Security technologies

Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2012 23 April 2019
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 6
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 3 Watt 65 Watt

Atom N2650 has 2066.7% lower power consumption.

i5-9600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom N2650 and Core i5-9600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N2650 is a notebook processor while Core i5-9600 is a desktop one.


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