Atom 230 vs Pentium G645

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G645 and Atom 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2528not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.30no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date2 September 2012 (12 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$80$29

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G645 and Atom 230 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 speed2.9 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate5 GT/s533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size131 mm225.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °C85 °C
Number of transistors504 million47 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G645 and Atom 230 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1155PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G645 and Atom 230. 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
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+-
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pentium G645 and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G645 and Atom 230 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G645 and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors-
Clear Video HD--
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz-
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G645 and Atom 230 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G645 and Atom 230.

PCIe version2.0no data

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 G645 1428
+745%
Atom 230 169

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 September 2012 2 April 2008
Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 4 Watt

Pentium G645 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Atom 230, on the other hand, has 1525% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium G645 and Atom 230. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium G645 is a desktop processor while Atom 230 is a notebook one.


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