Athlon 220GE vs Atom N550
Primary details
Comparing Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1594 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 3.96 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Atom | AMD Athlon |
| Architecture codename | Pineview (2009−2011) | Zen (2017−2020) |
| Release date | 23 August 2010 (13 years ago) | 1 June 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | $65 |
| Current price | $198 (2.3x MSRP) | $180 (2.8x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus support | 666 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 87 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8.5 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | no data |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE 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 N550 and Athlon 220GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 42.671 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel GMA 3150 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Athlon 220GE outperforms Atom N550 by 1465% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 August 2010 | 1 June 2018 |
| Cost | $86 | $65 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 35 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Atom N550 is a notebook processor while Athlon 220GE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N550 and Athlon 220GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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