Duron 1800 vs Atom N270

Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Duron 1800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3395	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Duron
Power efficiency	3.40	no data
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	K7 (2000−2004)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	15 August 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Duron 1800 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	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	FSB
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	266.66 MT/s
Multiplier	12	13.5
L1 cache	56 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	64 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	80.89 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	37 Million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Duron 1800 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	57 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Duron 1800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
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 Duron 1800 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 Duron 1800 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 Duron 1800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size

8 GB

4 GB

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	15 August 2003
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	57 Watt

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