N100 vs Atom N280

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N280 and N100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1529
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data54.71
Architecture codenameDiamondVille (2008−2009)no data
Release date1 February 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom N280 and N100 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 cores1 (Single-Core)no data
Threads24
Base clock speed1.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate666.66 MT/sno data
Multiplier10no data
L1 cache56 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache0 KB6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size25.9638 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N280 and N100 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA437FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)2.5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N280 and N100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Atom N280 and N100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N280 and N100 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N280 and N100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-750 MHz
Execution Units-24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom N280 and N100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom N280 and N100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom N280 and N100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12.1
OpenGL-4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N280 and N100.

PCI Express lanesno data9
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

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.

Atom N280 157
N100 5505
+3406%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2009 1 January 2023
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 6 Watt

Atom N280 has 200% lower power consumption.

N100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom N280 and N100. We've got no test results to judge.


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