Atom D2550 vs Pentium N3510

Place in the ranking	2828	3139
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	6.94	2.46
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550 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 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	1.87 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	66 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	176 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550 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	FCBGA1170	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
PAE	no data	36 Bit
Smart Connect	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	+	-
VT-i	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 GB
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 (640 MHz)
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550.

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.

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.

Pentium N3510 0.55
+112%

Atom D2550 0.26

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 N3510 878
+115%

Atom D2550 409

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium N3510 158
+58%

Atom D2550 100

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium N3510 563
+96.2%

Atom D2550 287

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.55	0.26
Recency	1 December 2013	1 November 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	10 Watt

Pentium N3510 has a 111.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

The Pentium N3510 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom D2550 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium N3510 and Atom D2550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.