Pentium Gold 4425Y vs Atom N450

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Aggregate performance score

Atom N450
2009
1 core / 2 threads, 5 Watt
0.13
Pentium Gold 4425Y
2017
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.10
+746%

Pentium Gold 4425Y outperforms Atom N450 by a whopping 746% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33492413
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Pentium
Power efficiency2.0517.35
Architecture codenamePinetrail (2009−2011)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date21 December 2009 (15 years ago)21 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64$161

Detailed specifications

Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.66 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.67 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz4 GT/s
L1 cache56 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size66 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors123 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA559FCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)5.5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y. 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
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+
Demand Based Switching-no data

Security technologies

Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3
Maximum memory size2 GB16 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data29.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N450 and Pentium Gold 4425Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.13 1.10
Recency 21 December 2009 21 April 2017
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 6 Watt

Atom N450 has 20% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 4425Y, on the other hand, has a 746.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Gold 4425Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N450 in performance tests.


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