Atom N550 vs E-300

Place in the ranking	3207	3266
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD E-Series	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	1.10	1.88
Architecture codename	Zacate (2011−2013)	Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date	22 August 2011 (13 years ago)	23 August 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$86

Detailed specifications

E-300 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	no data	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.3 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	666 MHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	40 nm	45 nm
Die size	75 mm²	87 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	176 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on E-300 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FT1	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E-300 and Atom N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-

Security technologies

E-300 and Atom N550 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 E-300 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E-300 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	2 GB
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon HD 6310

Intel 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.

E-300 0.21
+16.7%

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.

E-300 340
+20.1%

Atom N550 283

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

E-300 88
+37.5%

Atom N550 64

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

E-300 152
+7.8%

Atom N550 141

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.

E-300 853
+65.2%

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.

E-300 1176

Atom N550 1435
+22%

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.

E-300 839
+13%

Atom N550 742

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

E-300 79

Atom N550 66.8
+18.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.21	0.18
Integrated graphics card	0.32	0.01
Recency	22 August 2011	23 August 2010
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	40 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	8 Watt

E-300 has a 16.7% higher aggregate performance score, 3100% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 months, and a 12.5% more advanced lithography process.

Atom N550, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and 125% lower power consumption.

The E-300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N550 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between E-300 and Atom N550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.