Atom D2500 vs N2600

General info

Comparing Atom N2600 and Atom D2500 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	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Cedarview-M (2011−2012)	Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date	1 December 2011 (12 years ago)	1 November 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$47	no data
Current price	$251 (5.3x MSRP)	$150

Technical specs

Atom N2600 and Atom D2500 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	1.6 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.87 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	66 mm2	66 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	176 million	176 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2600 and Atom D2500 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)	3.5 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and Atom D2500. 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	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	no data	36 Bit
AMT	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
HD Audio	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom N2600 and Atom D2500 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 N2600 and Atom D2500 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2600 and Atom D2500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	2.44 GB	4 GB
Max memory channels	1	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

Intel GMA

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom N2600 and Atom D2500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N2600 and Atom D2500.

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

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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Advantages and disadvantages

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Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	10 Watt

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