Atom Z530P vs N270

Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Atom Z530P 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	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Atom Z530P 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	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	FSB	FSB
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	533.33 MT/s
Multiplier	12	12
L1 cache	56 KB	56 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	26 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	47 million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	0.8V-1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Atom Z530P 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 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PBGA437	FCBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	2.2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Atom Z530P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Atom N270 and Atom Z530P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N270 and Atom Z530P are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and Atom Z530P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	unknown
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

2 April 2008

2 March 2009

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