Atom D2700 vs Z2520

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Clovertrail (2013)	Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date	27 February 2013 (11 years ago)	1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$52

Detailed specifications

Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700 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	1.2 GHz	2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	0.13 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	65 mm2	66 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	140 million	176 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700 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	FC-MB4760	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	32 Bit	36 Bit
Smart Idle	+	no data
AMT	no data	-
HD Audio	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR3
Maximum memory size	2 GB	4 GB
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	8.5 GB/s	6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

SGX 544MP2

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z2520 and Atom D2700.

PCI Express lanes	no data	4
USB revision	2.0 OTG, USB-SPH 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	2	8
UART	3	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 February 2013	1 November 2011
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	10 Watt

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