Atom Z600 vs Celeron M 520

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3318not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCeleron MIntel Atom
Power efficiency0.47no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Lincroft (2010−2011)
Release dateno data4 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600 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)
Threads12
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus typeno datacDMI
Bus rate533 MHz400 MT/s
Multiplierno data8
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512 KB (per core)
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data65.2526 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C+90 °C
Number of transistorsno data140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.95V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPPGA478T-PBGA518
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt1.3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switching--
PAEno data32 Bit
GPIOno data+
FDIno data-
Fast Memory Accessno data-
AMTno data-
Matrix Storageno data-
FSB parity-no data
Quiet Systemno data-
Quick Resumeno data-
HD Audiono data-

Security technologies

Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1
Maximum memory sizeno data1 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data3.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataPowerVR SGX535
Max video memoryno data256 MB
Clear Videono data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600 integrated GPUs.

LVDSno data+
MIPIno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 520 and Atom Z600.

PCIe versionno dataNone
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data2.0
Integrated IDEno dataNone
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno dataNone
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 1 Watt

Atom Z600 has 100% more threads, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 2900% lower power consumption.

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