Celeron M 925 vs Atom N270

Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Celeron M 925 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3380not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Celeron M
Power efficiency3.41no data
Architecture codenameDiamondVille (2008−2009)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)1 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$44$70

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Celeron M 925 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s800 MHz
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache56 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size25.9638 mm2107 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Number of transistors47 Million410 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Celeron M 925 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketPBGA437PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)2.5 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Celeron M 925. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States-no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom N270 and Celeron M 925 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 N270 and Celeron M 925 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and Celeron M 925. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size8 GBno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 1 January 2011
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 35 Watt

Atom N270 has 100% more threads, and 1650% lower power consumption.

Celeron M 925, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between Atom N270 and Celeron M 925. We've got no test results to judge.


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