Atom D2550 vs Pentium 2127U

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2732not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Atom
Power efficiency3.73no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date1 July 2013 (11 years ago)1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.9 GHz1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz1.87 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data66 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1023FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550. 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
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAEno data36 Bit
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB4 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported32
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 2127U and Atom D2550.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes164

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.

Pentium 2127U 1064
+160%
Atom D2550 409

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.

Pentium 2127U 306
+206%
Atom D2550 100

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.

Pentium 2127U 532
+85.4%
Atom D2550 287

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2013 1 November 2011
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 10 Watt

Pentium 2127U has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

Atom D2550, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and 70% lower power consumption.

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