Turion II M560 vs Atom N470
Primary details
Comparing Atom N470 and Turion II M560 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 | Laptop |
Series | Intel Atom | AMD Turion II |
Architecture codename | Pineview (2009−2011) | Caspian (2009) |
Release date | 1 March 2010 (14 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom N470 and Turion II M560 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 2 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 1.83 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1.83 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
Bus rate | 533 MHz | 3600 MHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 66 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 123 million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N470 and Turion II M560 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 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6.5 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N470 and Turion II M560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
PowerNow | - | + |
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 N470 and Turion II M560 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 N470 and Turion II M560 are enumerated here.
VT-d | - | no data |
VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N470 and Turion II M560. 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 | Intel GMA 3150 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 1 March 2010 | 10 September 2009 |
Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 35 Watt |
Atom N470 has an age advantage of 5 months, and 483.3% lower power consumption.
Turion II M560, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.
We couldn't decide between Atom N470 and Turion II M560. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N470 and Turion II M560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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