C-30 vs Atom D525

Primary details

Comparing Atom D525 and C-30 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	AMD C-Series
Architecture codename	Pinetrail (2009−2011)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	21 June 2010 (14 years ago)	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$63	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom D525 and C-30 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	4	1
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.83 GHz	1.2 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	40 nm
Die size	66 mm2	75 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	176 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom D525 and C-30 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	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D525 and C-30. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	40 nm, 1.24-1.35V
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Atom D525 and C-30 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 D525 and C-30 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 D525 and C-30. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2, DDR3	DDR3 Single-channel
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 Compare

Intel GMA 3150

AMD Radeon HD 6250

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	21 June 2010	4 January 2011
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	9 Watt

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