Motorola PowerPC G4 G4A 1.5 vs Atom N270

Primary Details

Comparing Atom N270 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4A 1.5 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	PowerPC G4
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	7447A
Release date	1 March 2008 (16 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	no data
Current price	$134 (3x MSRP)	no data

Detailed Specifications

Atom N270 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4A 1.5 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	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus support	533 MHz	133 MHz
L1 cache	56 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Die size	26 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	no data
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4A 1.5 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	PBGA437	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4A 1.5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom N270 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4A 1.5 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 N270 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4A 1.5 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and Motorola PowerPC G4 G4A 1.5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size

8 GB

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm

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