Atom Z2460: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Atom Z2460 sales 1 January 2012. This is a Penwell architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FC-MB4617 processor with a TDP of 3 Watt. It supports DDR2 memory.
General info
Atom Z2460 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Architecture codename | Penwell (2012−2013) | |
| Release date | 1 January 2012 (12 years ago) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.3 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 65 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 140 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z2460 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FC-MB4617 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom Z2460. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3 | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| PAE | 32 Bit | |
| GPIO | 152 | |
| Status | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Atom Z2460's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Atom Z2460.
| Integrated graphics card | PowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz) |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z2460's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | |
| HDMI | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| USB revision | 2.0 OTG | |
| Number of USB ports | 1 | |
| UART | 3 |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Atom Z2460, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Atom Z2460 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 3 configurations based on Atom Z2460 in our database.
