Ryzen 7 3700X vs Atom N280

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N280 and Ryzen 7 3700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated508
Place by popularitynot in top-10073
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data18.03
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel AtomAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiencyno data20.66
Architecture codenameDiamondVille (2008−2009)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release date1 February 2009 (15 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom N280 and Ryzen 7 3700X 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.66 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate666.66 MT/sno data
Multiplier10no data
L1 cache56 KB512 KB
L2 cache512 KB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB32 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 N280 and Ryzen 7 3700X 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
Power consumption (TDP)2.5 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N280 and Ryzen 7 3700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Atom N280 and Ryzen 7 3700X 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 Ryzen 7 3700X 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 N280 and Ryzen 7 3700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

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 N280 157
Ryzen 7 3700X 22538
+14255%

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 N280 567
Ryzen 7 3700X 5839
+930%

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 N280 877
Ryzen 7 3700X 40439
+4511%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Atom N280 507
Ryzen 7 3700X 13815
+2625%

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 N280 115
Ryzen 7 3700X 3.71
+3000%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2009 27 May 2019
Physical cores 1 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 65 Watt

Atom N280 has 3150% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 3700X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom N280 and Ryzen 7 3700X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N280 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 3700X is a desktop one.


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