Atom N2800 vs Pentium D 960
Primary details
Comparing Pentium D 960 and Atom N2800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2867 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 0.37 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Presler (2005−2007) | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 23 April 2006 (18 years ago) | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $523 | $47 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium D 960 and Atom N2800 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 | 3.6 GHz | 1.86 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 1.87 GHz |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per die) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 69 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1.2V-1.3375V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium D 960 and Atom N2800 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 | LGA775,PLGA775 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 6.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and Atom N2800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | - |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium D 960 and Atom N2800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 960 and Atom N2800 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 960 and Atom N2800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4.88 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 April 2006 | 1 December 2011 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 6 Watt |
Atom N2800 has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more threads, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 2066.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium D 960 and Atom N2800. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Pentium D 960 is a desktop processor while Atom N2800 is a notebook one.
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