Pentium Dual-Core E2180 vs Atom N455

Primary details

Comparing Atom N455 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Architecture codenamePinetrail (2009−2011)Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date1 June 2010 (14 years ago)August 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N455 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.67 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size66 mm277 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors123 million105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom N455 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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 N455 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. 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 N455 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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 N455 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N455 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size2 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel GMA 3150no 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 N455 196
Pentium Dual-Core E2180 683
+248%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Atom N455 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

Pentium Dual-Core E2180, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Atom N455 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N455 is a notebook processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2180 is a desktop one.


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