Athlon II X2 260 vs Atom Z500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3566	2905
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.72
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	9.15	0.46
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	2 April 2008 (17 years ago)	11 May 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	$48

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and Athlon II X2 260 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	no data	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	400 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	24.18 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	410 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and Athlon II X2 260 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA441	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Athlon II X2 260. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and Athlon II X2 260 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 Z500 and Athlon II X2 260 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Athlon II X2 260. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and Athlon II X2 260.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.14	0.71
Recency	2 April 2008	11 May 2010
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2

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