Atom N280 vs A8-9600

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Primary details

Comparing A8-9600 and Atom N280 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1880not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.13no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency3.04no data
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)DiamondVille (2008−2009)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)1 February 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$78no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A8-9600 and Atom N280 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.1 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz0.07 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data666.66 MT/s
Multiplierno data10
L1 cacheno data56 KB
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm45 nm
Die size250 mm225.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,100 million47 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on A8-9600 and Atom N280 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)
SocketAM4PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt2.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-9600 and Atom N280. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

A8-9600 and Atom N280 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-9600 and Atom N280 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-9600 and Atom N280. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 Graphics-
iGPU core count6-
Enduro+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-9600 and Atom N280 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-9600 and Atom N280 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12-
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-9600 and Atom N280.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes8no 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.



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.

A8-9600 3312
+2010%
Atom N280 157

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2017 1 February 2009
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 2 Watt

A8-9600 has an age advantage of 8 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.

Atom N280, on the other hand, has 3150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A8-9600 and Atom N280. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A8-9600 is a desktop processor while Atom N280 is a notebook one.


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