Ryzen 5 6600HS vs Atom N450
Primary details
Comparing Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 639 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 32.31 |
| Architecture codename | Pinetrail (2009−2011) | Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) (2022) |
| Release date | 21 December 2009 (14 years ago) | January 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $64 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 1.66 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.67 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 66 mm2 | 208 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 123 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5.5 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS 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 N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon 660M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 35 Watt |
Atom N450 has 600% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 6600HS, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N450 and Ryzen 5 6600HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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