Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS vs Atom N270

Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	530
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	46.91
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Hawk Point (2024)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	4.9 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	25,000 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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)	1
Socket	PBGA437	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. 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
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS 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 Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR5
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	16 April 2024
Physical cores	1	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	28 Watt

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