Atom N550 vs Celeron M 560

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron M 560
2008
1 core / 1 thread, 30 Watt
0.34
+88.9%
Atom N550
2010
2 cores / 4 threads, 8 Watt
0.18

Celeron M 560 outperforms Atom N550 by an impressive 89% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 560 and Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30783266
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeron MIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.071.89
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date1 May 2008 (16 years ago)23 August 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$86

Detailed specifications

Celeron M 560 and Atom N550 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)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.13 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz666 MHz
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size143 mm287 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 Million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 560 and Atom N550 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
SocketPPGA478FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 560 and Atom N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Celeron M 560 and Atom N550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 560 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 560 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel GMA 3150

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron M 560 0.34
+88.9%
Atom N550 0.18

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron M 560 535
+89%
Atom N550 283

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron M 560 2008
+289%
Atom N550 517

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron M 560 2008
+39.9%
Atom N550 1435

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 0.18
Recency 1 May 2008 23 August 2010
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 8 Watt

Celeron M 560 has a 88.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom N550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

The Celeron M 560 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N550 in performance tests.


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