A8 Pro-7150B vs Atom N280
Primary details
Comparing Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 2379 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | AMD Kaveri |
| Architecture codename | DiamondVille (2008−2009) | Kaveri (2014−2015) |
| Release date | 1 February 2009 (15 years ago) | 4 June 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Current price | $229 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.66 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.66 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus support | 667 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 4096 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 26 mm2 | 245 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | 2410 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
| VID voltage range | 0.9V-1.1625V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B 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 | FP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2.5 Watt | 19 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| FRTC | no data | 1 |
| PowerTune | no data | - |
| TrueAudio | no data | + |
| PowerNow | no data | + |
| PowerGating | no data | + |
| Out-of-band client management | no data | + |
| VirusProtect | no data | + |
| RAID | no data | + |
| HSA | no data | 1 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B 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 N280 and A8 Pro-7150B are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | 1 |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
| IOMMU 2.0 | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | - | 6 |
| Number of pipelines | - | 384 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | 1 |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | - | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | 1 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N280 and A8 Pro-7150B.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
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%
A8 Pro-7150B outperforms Atom N280 by 873% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2009 | 4 June 2014 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 19 Watt |
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