Duron 800 vs Atom N270

Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Duron 800 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	3.41	no data
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Spitfire (2000−2001)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	14 May 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	$170

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Duron 800 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	0.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	FSB
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	200 MT/s
Multiplier	12	8
L1 cache	56 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	64 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	180 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	105.68 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	25 million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Duron 800 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	A
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Duron 800. 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 800 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 800 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 800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR1 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 GB

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	14 May 2001
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	25 Watt

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