Atom N280 vs Athlon X2 340
Aggregate performance score
Athlon X2 340 outperforms Atom N280 by a whopping 744% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2908 | 3702 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 0.49 | 1.52 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | DiamondVille (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 2 October 2012 (13 years ago) | 1 February 2009 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon X2 340 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 0.07 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 666.66 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 10 |
| L1 cache | 96K | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 25.9638 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.9V-1.1625V |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon X2 340 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FM2 | PBGA437 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 2.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 340 and Atom N280. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
Security technologies
Athlon X2 340 and Atom N280 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 340 and Atom N280 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 340 and Atom N280. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1600 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 340 and Atom N280.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.76 | 0.09 |
| Recency | 2 October 2012 | 1 February 2009 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 2 Watt |
Athlon X2 340 has a 744.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
Atom N280, on the other hand, has 3150% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon X2 340 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom N280 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon X2 340 is a desktop processor while Atom N280 is a notebook one.
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