Intel Atom N550 vs N2600

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General info

Comparing Atom N2600 and Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Atom
Architecture codenameCedarview-M (2011−2012)Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date1 December 2011 (12 years old)23 August 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$47$86
Current price$251 (5.3x MSRP)$198 (2.3x MSRP)

Technical specs

Atom N2600 and Atom N550 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus supportno data666 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size66 mm287 mm2
Number of transistors176 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2600 and Atom N550 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA559FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)3.5 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and Atom N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching--
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Atom N2600 and Atom N550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2600 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2600 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size2.44 GB2 GB
Max memory channels11

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600Intel GMA 3150

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Atom N2600 360
+27.2%
Atom N550 283

N2600 outperforms N550 by 27% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Atom N2600 75
+17.2%
Atom N550 64

N2600 outperforms N550 by 17% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Atom N2600 210
+48.9%
Atom N550 141

N2600 outperforms N550 by 49% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Atom N2600 541
+4.7%
Atom N550 517

N2600 outperforms N550 by 5% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Atom N2600 1528
+6.4%
Atom N550 1435

N2600 outperforms N550 by 6% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Atom N2600 812
+9.4%
Atom N550 742

N2600 outperforms N550 by 9% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Atom N2600 66
+1.2%
Atom N550 66.8

N550 outperforms N2600 by 1% in wPrime 32.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 December 2011 23 August 2010
Cost $47 $86
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 3 Watt 8 Watt

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