i3-4100E vs Atom N280

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3701	2688
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.07
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	1.52	1.20
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	no data	Intel
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	1 February 2009 (17 years ago)	4 September 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$225

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Atom N280 and Core i3-4100E 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	666.66 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	10	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	118 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	1,400 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N280 and Core i3-4100E 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	Intel BGA1364
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N280 and Core i3-4100E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom N280 and Core i3-4100E 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 Core i3-4100E are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N280 and Core i3-4100E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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Intel HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 900 MHz)

Synthetic benchmarks

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.09	1.05
Recency	1 February 2009	4 September 2013
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	37 Watt

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