Ryzen 7 3700U vs Atom N550

Primary details

Comparing Atom N550 and Ryzen 7 3700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1282
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codename	Pineview (2009−2011)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	1 June 2010 (14 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N550 and Ryzen 7 3700U 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	666 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	112 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	12 nm
Die size	87 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	176 Million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom N550 and Ryzen 7 3700U 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA559	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	8.5 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N550 and Ryzen 7 3700U. 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, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom N550 and Ryzen 7 3700U 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 Ryzen 7 3700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N550 and Ryzen 7 3700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	2 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel GMA 3150

AMD Radeon RX Vega 10

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N550 and Ryzen 7 3700U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2010	6 January 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	15 Watt

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