Atom N455 vs Athlon XP 1800+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon XP 1800+ and Atom N455 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Architecture codenameThoroughbred (2001−2002)Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release dateJanuary 2001 (23 years ago)1 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59$64

Detailed specifications

Athlon XP 1800+ and Atom N455 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed1.53 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography180 nm45 nm
Die size150 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors37 million123 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon XP 1800+ and Atom N455 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
SocketAFCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)66 Watt6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon XP 1800+ and Atom N455. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Athlon XP 1800+ and Atom N455 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 XP 1800+ and Atom N455 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon XP 1800+ and Atom N455. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel GMA 3150

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.

Athlon XP 1800+ 195
Atom N455 196
+0.5%

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 180 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 66 Watt 6 Watt

Atom N455 has 100% more threads, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 1000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon XP 1800+ and Atom N455. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon XP 1800+ is a desktop processor while Atom N455 is a notebook one.


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