3 100HL vs Atom N270

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Architecture codenameDiamondVille (2008−2009)Raptor Lake-PS (2024)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)8 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$44no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache56 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Die size25.9638 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL 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)1
SocketPBGA4371700
Power consumption (TDP)2.5 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Iris Xe Graphics 48EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 8 April 2024
Physical cores 1 8
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 45 Watt

Atom N270 has 2150% lower power consumption.

3 100HL, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, 700% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom N270 and Core 3 100HL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N270 is a notebook processor while Core 3 100HL is a desktop one.


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