Atom N550: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Atom N550 sales 23 August 2010 at a recommended price of $86. This is a Pineview architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1500 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA559 processor with a TDP of 8.5 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Atom | |
| Architecture codename | Pineview (2009−2011) | |
| Release date | 23 August 2010 (14 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 666 MHz | |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 87 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N550 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8.5 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Demand Based Switching | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | - | |
| VT-x | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Atom N550's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 1 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Atom N550.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel GMA 3150 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Atom N550. Overall benchmark performance 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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
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