Pentium D 965 EE vs Atom N280

Primary details

Comparing Atom N280 and Pentium D 965 EE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3384	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	3.79	no data
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	1 February 2009 (15 years ago)	March 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom N280 and Pentium D 965 EE 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	no data
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	3.73 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	666.66 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	10	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	28 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	140 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	376 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N280 and Pentium D 965 EE 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)	2
Socket	PBGA437	775
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N280 and Pentium D 965 EE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Atom N280 and Pentium D 965 EE 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 Pentium D 965 EE are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N280 and Pentium D 965 EE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	130 Watt

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