Atom Z2420 vs Athlon II N370

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2833not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Power efficiency1.54no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Saltwell (2013)
Release date16 December 2010 (14 years ago)1 January 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420 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
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size117.5 mm265 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors234 Million140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420 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
SocketS1FC-MB4617
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data32 Bit
GPIOno data152

Security technologies

Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data1 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataPowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420.

USB revisionno data2.0 OTG
Number of USB portsno data1
UARTno data3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 December 2010 1 January 2013
Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 3 Watt

Athlon II N370 has 100% more physical cores.

Atom Z2420, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1066.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II N370 and Atom Z2420. We've got no test results to judge.


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