Pentium SU2700 vs Atom N2600

Place in the ranking	3179	3314
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	5.44	1.32
Architecture codename	Cedarview-M (2011−2012)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	1 December 2011 (12 years ago)	2 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$47	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N2600 and Pentium SU2700 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	1.6 GHz	1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	66 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	176 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2600 and Pentium SU2700 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	Intel BGA 956
Power consumption (TDP)	3.5 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and Pentium SU2700. 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)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	-

Security technologies

Atom N2600 and Pentium SU2700 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 Pentium SU2700 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2600 and Pentium SU2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
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 (400 MHz)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom N2600 0.23
+64.3%

Pentium SU2700 0.14

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 N2600 360
+57.9%

Pentium SU2700 228

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.

Atom N2600 75

Pentium SU2700 142
+89.3%

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.

Atom N2600 210
+43.8%

Pentium SU2700 146

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.

Atom N2600 541

Pentium SU2700 1268
+134%

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.

Atom N2600 812
+39%

Pentium SU2700 584

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.

Atom N2600 66
+103%

Pentium SU2700 134

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.23	0.14
Recency	1 December 2011	2 June 2009
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	10 Watt

Atom N2600 has a 64.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

The Atom N2600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium SU2700 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N2600 and Pentium SU2700, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.