Atom D2500 vs i7-620M

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-620M and Atom D2500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2293not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Atom
Power efficiency3.36no data
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)1 November 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$332no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-620M and Atom D2500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.66 GHz1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed3.33 GHz1.87 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size81+114 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors384 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-620M and Atom D2500 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
SocketBGA1288,PGA988FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-620M and Atom D2500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology+-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAE36 Bit36 Bit
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
AMTno data-
HD Audiono data+

Security technologies

Core i7-620M and Atom D2500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-620M and Atom D2500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-620M and Atom D2500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB4 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/s6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel GMA
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency766 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-620M and Atom D2500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported22

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-620M and Atom D2500.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes164
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8

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.

i7-620M 1975
+720%
Atom D2500 241

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 1 November 2011
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt

i7-620M has 100% more threads.

Atom D2500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 250% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-620M and Atom D2500. We've got no test results to judge.


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