Athlon 64 X2 5200+ vs Atom D2560

Primary details

Comparing Atom D2560 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2836
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	0.57
Architecture codename	Cedarview (2011−2012)	Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date	24 October 2012 (12 years ago)	September 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom D2560 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512K
L3 cache	1 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	220 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.91V -1.21V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2560 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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	no data	1
Socket	FCBGA559	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2560 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
vPro	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2560 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D2560 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066	no data
Maximum memory size	4 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

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Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2560 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2560 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+.

PCI Express lanes

4

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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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Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	89 Watt

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