A8 Pro-7150B vs Atom N280

Primary details

Comparing Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3383	2504
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Kaveri
Power efficiency	3.79	4.78
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	1 February 2009 (15 years ago)	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	666.66 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	10	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	4096 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	2410 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B 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)	no data
Socket	PBGA437	FP3
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
FRTC	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B 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 N280 and A8 Pro-7150B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	-	6
จำนวนพาธไลน์	-	384
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B.

PCIe version

no data

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Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.10	0.96
Recency	1 February 2009	4 June 2014
Physical cores	1	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	19 Watt

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