Atom N270 vs Athlon II Neo K325

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II Neo K325
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 12 Watt
0.26
+189%
Atom N270
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 2 Watt
0.09

Athlon II Neo K325 outperforms Atom N270 by a whopping 189% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31503395
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon II NeoIntel Atom
Power efficiency2.053.41
Architecture codenameGeneva (2010)DiamondVille (2008−2009)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$44

Detailed specifications

Athlon II Neo K325 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.3 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate2000 MHz533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache256 KB56 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data25.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II Neo K325 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt2.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom N270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, PowerNow, HyperTransport 3.0Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
PowerNow+-
VirusProtect+-
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

Athlon II Neo K325 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 Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom N270 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II Neo K325 0.26
+189%
Atom N270 0.09

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.

Athlon II Neo K325 417
+207%
Atom N270 136

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon II Neo K325 1111
+105%
Atom N270 541

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon II Neo K325 2215
+167%
Atom N270 830

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon II Neo K325 1036
+114%
Atom N270 483

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon II Neo K325 87.05
+44.7%
Atom N270 126

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.26 0.09
Recency 12 May 2010 2 April 2008
Physical cores 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 2 Watt

Athlon II Neo K325 has a 188.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% more physical cores.

Atom N270, on the other hand, has 500% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II Neo K325 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N270 in performance tests.


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