Atom D2560 vs Pentium J2900

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2588	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	7.46	no data
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date	1 November 2013 (10 years ago)	24 October 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$94	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.41 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	1 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.91V -1.21V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
vPro	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	36 Bit
FDI	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 GB
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom D2560.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	4
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 November 2013	24 October 2012
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm

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