FX-8100 vs Atom D2560

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Primary details

Comparing Atom D2560 and FX-8100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1734
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data2.54
Architecture codenameCedarview (2011−2012)Zambezi (2011−2012)
Release date24 October 2012 (12 years ago)12 October 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom D2560 and FX-8100 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cache1 MB8 MB
L3 cache1 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data315 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.91V -1.21Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2560 and FX-8100 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCBGA559AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2560 and FX-8100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
vPro-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
PAE36 Bitno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2560 and FX-8100 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 D2560 and FX-8100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066DDR3
Maximum memory size4 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data
Maximum memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2560 and FX-8100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2560 and FX-8100.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanes4no 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.



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.

Atom D2560 433
FX-8100 4055
+836%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 October 2012 12 October 2011
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 95 Watt

Atom D2560 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 850% lower power consumption.

FX-8100, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom D2560 and FX-8100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom D2560 is a notebook processor while FX-8100 is a desktop one.


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