Pentium III 866 vs Atom N455

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N455 and Pentium III 866 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)Coppermine T (2000)
Release date1 June 2010 (14 years ago)20 March 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N455 and Pentium III 866 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed1.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.67 GHz0.87 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)32 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm180 nm
Die size66 mm2106 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistors123 million28 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom N455 and Pentium III 866 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 configuration12
SocketFCBGA559370
Power consumption (TDP)6.5 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N455 and Pentium III 866. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
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 N455 and Pentium III 866 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 III 866 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 III 866. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size2 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel GMA 3150On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2010 20 March 2000
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 27 Watt

Atom N455 has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more threads, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 350% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Atom N455 and Pentium III 866. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N455 is a notebook processor while Pentium III 866 is a desktop one.


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