Atom N550 vs Pentium E5300

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2830	3266
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.04	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	0.83	1.89
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date	November 2008 (16 years ago)	23 August 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	$86

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 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	2.6 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	666 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	82 mm2	87 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	228 million	176 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 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	LGA775	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and Atom N550. 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	-	-
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium E5300 and Atom N550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5300 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	2 GB
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.57	0.18
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	8 Watt

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