Atom Z560 vs Phenom II X2 X620 BE

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Atom Z560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Phenom IIIntel Atom
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 June 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Atom Z560 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 speedno data2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz0.13 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate3600 MHz533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data26 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.75V-1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Atom Z560 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1PBGA441
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt2.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Atom Z560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data+
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Atom Z560 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Atom Z560 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Atom Z560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataunknown

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 2 Watt

Phenom II X2 X620 BE has 100% more physical cores.

Atom Z560, on the other hand, has 2150% lower power consumption.

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