Xeon E7220 vs Atom N450

Primary details

Comparing Atom N450 and Xeon E7220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Architecture codename	Pinetrail (2009−2011)	no data
Release date	21 December 2009 (14 years ago)	1 July 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N450 and Xeon E7220 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.67 GHz	no data
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	66 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	64 °C
Number of transistors	123 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.0V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Atom N450 and Xeon E7220 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA559	PPGA604
Power consumption (TDP)	5.5 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N450 and Xeon E7220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	+
FSB parity	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom N450 and Xeon E7220 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N450 and Xeon E7220 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N450 and Xeon E7220. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	no data
Maximum memory size	2 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 December 2009	1 July 2007
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	80 Watt

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