Atom N270 vs Celeron N2806
Primary details
Comparing Celeron N2806 and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) | DiamondVille (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 1 December 2013 (10 years ago) | 2 April 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $107 | $44 |
Detailed specifications
Celeron N2806 and Atom N270 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 12 |
| L1 cache | 56K (per core) | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 25.9638 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.9V-1.1625V |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron N2806 and Atom N270 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA1170 | PBGA437 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4.5 Watt | 2.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2806 and Atom N270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| Smart Connect | + | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
| RST | - | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron N2806 and Atom N270 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2806 and Atom N270 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2806 and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series | - |
| Clear Video HD | - | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 756 MHz | - |
| InTru 3D | - | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2806 and Atom N270 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2806 and Atom N270.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | no data |
| USB revision | 3.0 and 2.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 5 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 December 2013 | 2 April 2008 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 4 Watt | 2 Watt |
Celeron N2806 has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 104.5% more advanced lithography process.
Atom N270, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Celeron N2806 and Atom N270. We've got no test results to judge.
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