Celeron 420 vs Atom Z500

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Aggregate performance score

Atom Z500
2008
1 core / 1 thread
0.14
+7.7%

Atom Z500 outperforms Celeron 420 by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking35413570
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiency9.100.16
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Conroe-L (2007−2008)
Release date2 April 2008 (17 years ago)3 June 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$45$23

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and Celeron 420 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate400 MT/sno data
Multiplier8no data
L1 cache56 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size24.18 mm277 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data60 °C
Number of transistors47 Million105 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.80 -1.1V1V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and Celeron 420 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA441LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)0.65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Celeron 420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching+-
FSB parity--

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and Celeron 420 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 Celeron 420 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Celeron 420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and Celeron 420.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.14 0.13
Recency 2 April 2008 3 June 2007
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm

Atom Z500 has a 7.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Atom Z500 and Intel Celeron 420.

Be aware that Atom Z500 is a notebook processor while Celeron 420 is a desktop one.

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