Atom N270 vs Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium 4-MIntel Atom
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)DiamondVille (2008−2009)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$44

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate400 MHz533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cacheno data56 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data25.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 Million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataPBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt2.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N270 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N270 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 620
+28.4%
Atom N270 483

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.

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 247
Atom N270 126
+96%

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 2 Watt

Atom N270 has 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N270. We've got no test results to judge.


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