Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Atom N270

Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Ryzen Threadripper 3970X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated64
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data15.62
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel AtomAMD Ryzen Threadripper
Power efficiencyno data13.43
Architecture codenameDiamondVille (2008−2009)Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)25 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$44$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads264
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s8 × 16 GT/s
Multiplier1237
L1 cache56 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB128 MB
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size25.9638 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors47 Million19,200 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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)
SocketPBGA437TR4
Power consumption (TDP)2.5 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. 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-+
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Atom N270 and Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 Threadripper 3970X 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 Threadripper 3970X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB256 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data102.403 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card--

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 Threadripper 3970X 63128
+46318%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 25 November 2019
Physical cores 1 32
Threads 2 64
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 280 Watt

Atom N270 has 13900% lower power consumption.

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 3100% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom N270 and Ryzen Threadripper 3970X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N270 is a notebook processor while Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is a desktop one.


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Intel Atom N270
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