Ryzen 9 7900X vs Atom N270

Place in the ranking	3391	123
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	3.39	18.01
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Raphael (Zen4) (2022−2023)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	27 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Ryzen 9 7900X 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	2	24
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	4.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	5.6 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	5 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm²	2x 70 (CCD) mm² + 122 (I/O) mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	47 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	CCD: 6,5 Mrd + IOD: 3,4 Mrd Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Ryzen 9 7900X 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	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen 9 7900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	5 nm (CCD), 6 nm (I/O) nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
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 9 7900X 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 9 7900X 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 9 7900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen 9 7900X.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	24

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 N270 0.09

Ryzen 9 7900X 32.52
+36033%

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 N270 136

Ryzen 9 7900X 51661
+37886%

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 N270 541

Ryzen 9 7900X 8623
+1494%

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.

Atom N270 830

Ryzen 9 7900X 68580
+8163%

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 N270 483

Ryzen 9 7900X 21284
+4307%

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 N270 126

Ryzen 9 7900X 1.8
+6900%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.09	32.52
Recency	2 April 2008	27 September 2022
Physical cores	1	12
Threads	2	24
Chip lithography	45 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	170 Watt

Atom N270 has 8400% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7900X, on the other hand, has a 36033.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 7900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N270 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom N270 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 7900X is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N270 and Ryzen 9 7900X, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.