Atom N570 vs Pentium P6300

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6300 and Atom N570 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2856	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	1.43	no data
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date	11 January 2011 (13 years ago)	1 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$86

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6300 and Atom N570 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	2.27 GHz	1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	1.67 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	666 MHz
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	81+114 mm2	87 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	382 Million	176 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6300 and Atom N570 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PGA988	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and Atom N570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium P6300 and Atom N570 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6300 and Atom N570 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and Atom N570. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	2 GB
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	Intel GMA 3150
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6300 and Atom N570 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and Atom N570.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	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	11 January 2011	1 March 2011
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	8 Watt

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