ARM Cortex-M4 vs Atom N2600

General info

Comparing Atom N2600 and ARM Cortex-M4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Architecture codename	Cedarview-M (2011−2012)	no data
Release date	1 December 2011 (12 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$47	no data
Current price	$251 (5.3x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

Atom N2600 and ARM Cortex-M4 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)	no data
Threads	4	no data
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	no data
Die size	66 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	176 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2600 and ARM Cortex-M4 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA559	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	3.5 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and ARM Cortex-M4. 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
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom N2600 and ARM Cortex-M4 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 N2600 and ARM Cortex-M4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2600 and ARM Cortex-M4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	2.44 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

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Advantages and disadvantages

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