Atom N2600 vs Z500

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z500 and Atom N2600 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	Intel Atom	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Cedarview-M (2011−2012)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	1 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	$47

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and Atom N2600 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	4
Base clock speed	no data	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	400 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	24.18 mm2	66 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	176 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and Atom N2600 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	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	3.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Atom N2600. 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	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	+	-
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and Atom N2600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and Atom N2600 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	2.44 GB
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	1 December 2011
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm

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