Atom N270 vs Sempron 2800+

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Primary details

Comparing Sempron 2800+ and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Architecture codenameManila (2001−2006)DiamondVille (2008−2009)
Release dateJanuary 2001 (23 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$104$44

Detailed specifications

Sempron 2800+ and Atom N270 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache128 KB56 KB
L2 cache256K512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm45 nm
Die size144 mm225.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors81 million47 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Sempron 2800+ and Atom N270 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)
SocketAM2PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt2.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 2800+ and Atom N270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE, Intel® 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

Sempron 2800+ and Atom N270 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 2800+ and Atom N270 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 2800+ and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

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.

Sempron 2800+ 243
+78.7%
Atom N270 136

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 2 Watt

Atom N270 has 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 3000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Sempron 2800+ and Atom N270. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Sempron 2800+ is a desktop processor while Atom N270 is a notebook one.


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