Athlon 1200 vs Atom Z540

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z540 and Athlon 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3199not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiency8.68no data
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Thunderbird C (2000−2001)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)October 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z540 and Athlon 1200 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed1.86 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier14no data
L1 cache56 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB256 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm180 nm
Die size24.18 mm2120 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors47 Million37 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.75 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z540 and Athlon 1200 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)1
SocketPBGA441A
Power consumption (TDP)2.4 Watt66 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z540 and Athlon 1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
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 Z540 and Athlon 1200 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 Z540 and Athlon 1200 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z540 and Athlon 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 66 Watt

Atom Z540 has 100% more threads, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 3200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z540 and Athlon 1200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom Z540 is a notebook processor while Athlon 1200 is a desktop one.


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