Ryzen 5 2600X vs Atom N270

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 2600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated838
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.42
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel AtomAMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameDiamondVille (2008−2009)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)13 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$44$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier1236
L1 cache56 KB576 KB
L2 cache512 KB3 MB
L3 cache0 KB16 MB
Chip lithography45 nm12 nm
Die size25.9638 mm2213 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors47 Million4800 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPBGA437AM4 (1331)
Power consumption (TDP)2.5 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 2600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
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
StatusDiscontinuedno data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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 Ryzen 5 2600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 2600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card--

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 2600X.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Atom N270 136
Ryzen 5 2600X 13906
+10125%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Atom N270 541
Ryzen 5 2600X 4958
+816%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Atom N270 830
Ryzen 5 2600X 29954
+3509%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Atom N270 126
Ryzen 5 2600X 4.62
+2627%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 13 April 2018
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 95 Watt

Atom N270 has 4650% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 2600X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 2600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N270 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 2600X is a desktop one.


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