Ryzen 5 1300 vs Atom 230

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3702	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	1.05	no data
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	2 April 2008 (18 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$29	no data

Detailed specifications

Basic parameters of Atom 230 and Ryzen 5 1300: 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	1 (Single-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	4800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 and Ryzen 5 1300 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA437	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Ryzen 5 1300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Ryzen 5 1300 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 Atom 230 and Ryzen 5 1300 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 Atom 230 and Ryzen 5 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	65 Watt