Atom Z2460 vs Pentium E5400

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2775not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.46no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency0.90no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Penwell (2012−2013)
Release date18 January 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$55no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.7 GHz1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz1.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size82 mm265 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C90 °C
Number of transistors228 million140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460 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
SocketLGA775FC-MB4617
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAEno data32 Bit
GPIOno data152

Security technologies

Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)PowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
HDMI-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460.

PCIe version2.0no data
USB revisionno data2.0 OTG
Number of USB portsno data1
UARTno data3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 January 2009 1 January 2012
Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 3 Watt

Pentium E5400 has 100% more physical cores.

Atom Z2460, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 2066.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium E5400 and Atom Z2460. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium E5400 is a desktop processor while Atom Z2460 is a notebook one.


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