Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ vs Atom N550
Aggregate performance score
Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ outperforms Atom N550 by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Atom N550 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3254 | 3183 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | Mobile Athlon 64 |
| Power efficiency | 1.89 | 0.26 |
| Architecture codename | Pineview (2009−2011) | Clawhammer (2001−2005) |
| Release date | 23 August 2010 (14 years ago) | August 2005 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom N550 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 666 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 128K |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | no data |
| Die size | 87 mm2 | 193 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | 106 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N550 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | 754 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8.5 Watt | 81 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N550 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+. 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) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
Security technologies
Atom N550 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ 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 N550 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N550 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1 |
| 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 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.18 | 0.22 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 81 Watt |
Atom N550 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and 912.5% lower power consumption.
Mobile Athlon 64 3700+, on the other hand, has a 22.2% higher aggregate performance score.
The Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N550 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N550 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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