Atom N2600 vs A8-8600P
Primary details
Comparing A8-8600P and Atom N2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2139 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD Carrizo | Intel Atom |
Architecture codename | Carrizo (2015−2018) | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) |
Release date | 3 June 2015 (9 years ago) | 28 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $47 |
Detailed specifications
A8-8600P and Atom N2600 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 | 1.6 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
Die size | no data | 66 mm2 |
Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 176 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A8-8600P and Atom N2600 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 | no data | 1 |
Socket | FP4 BGA | FCBGA559 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 12-35 Watt | 3.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-8600P and Atom N2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | HSA 1.0 | no data |
HSA | + | no data |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-8600P and Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 3 June 2015 | 28 December 2011 |
Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 3 Watt |
A8-8600P has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
Atom N2600, on the other hand, has 300% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A8-8600P and Atom N2600. We've got no test results to judge.
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