Phenom II X2 P650 vs Atom Z510

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z510 and Phenom II X2 P650 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3344not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Atom2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency5.68no data
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)19 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$20no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z510 and Phenom II X2 P650 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speed1.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate400 MT/s3600 MHz
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache56 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size24.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.75-1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z510 and Phenom II X2 P650 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketPBGA441S1
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z510 and Phenom II X2 P650. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom Z510 and Phenom II X2 P650 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 Z510 and Phenom II X2 P650 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z510 and Phenom II X2 P650. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 19 October 2010
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 25 Watt

Atom Z510 has 1150% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X2 P650, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z510 and Phenom II X2 P650. We've got no test results to judge.


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