Pentium M 1.70 vs Atom Z2560

Place in the ranking	3220	3355
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Power efficiency	7.31	0.60
Architecture codename	Clovertrail (2013)	Banias (2003)
Release date	27 February 2013 (11 years ago)	June 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z2560 and Pentium M 1.70 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
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	16 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	130 nm
Die size	65 mm²	100 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	140 million	77 million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z2560 and Pentium M 1.70 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	FC-MB4760	478
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	24 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z2560 and Pentium M 1.70. 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
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	32 Bit	no data
Smart Idle	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z2560 and Pentium M 1.70 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z2560 and Pentium M 1.70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR1, DDR2
Maximum memory size	2 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	8.5 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

PowerVR SGX544MP2 (400 MHz)

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Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z2560 and Pentium M 1.70 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z2560 and Pentium M 1.70.

USB revision	2.0 OTG, USB-SPH 2.0	no data
Number of USB ports	2	no data
UART	3	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.23	0.15
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	24 Watt

Atom Z2560 has a 53.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 306.3% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

The Atom Z2560 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 1.70 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom Z2560 and Pentium M 1.70, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.