Pentium 2117U vs Atom Z500

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2751
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	no data	3.60
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	$134

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U 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	1	2
Base clock speed	no data	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	400 MT/s	5 GT/s
Multiplier	8	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Die size	24.18 mm2	118 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	1,400 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA441	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	+	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video	-	-
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	-	1 GHz
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	-	3
eDP	-	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	-	+
CRT	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and Pentium 2117U.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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	2 April 2008	1 September 2012
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm

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