Pentium Dual-Core E2160 vs Atom N2800

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N2800 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Architecture codenameCedarview-M (2011−2012)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date1 December 2011 (12 years ago)June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$47no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N2800 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.86 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz1.8 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size66 mm277 mm2
Number of transistors176 million105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2800 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA559775
Power consumption (TDP)6.5 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2800 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Atom N2800 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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 N2800 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2800 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size4.88 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650no data

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 N2800 444
Pentium Dual-Core E2160 648
+45.9%

Pros & cons summary


Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Atom N2800 has 100% more threads, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Atom N2800 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N2800 is a notebook processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2160 is a desktop one.


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