Atom N450 vs D2500

Primary details

Comparing Atom D2500 and Atom N450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Cedarview (2011−2012)	Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release date	1 November 2011 (13 years ago)	21 December 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$64

Detailed specifications

Atom D2500 and Atom N450 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	1.86 GHz	1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.87 GHz	1.67 GHz
Bus rate	no data	533 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	56 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	66 mm2	66 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	176 million	123 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2500 and Atom N450 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
Socket	FCBGA559	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	5.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2500 and Atom N450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
AMT	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data

Security technologies

Atom D2500 and Atom N450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2500 and Atom N450 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D2500 and Atom N450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum memory size	4 GB	2 GB
Max memory channels	1	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel GMA

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2500 and Atom N450 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2500 and Atom N450.

PCI Express lanes	4	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 November 2011	21 December 2009
Physical cores	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	5 Watt

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