Duo L2400 vs Atom Z500
Aggregate performance score
Core Duo L2400 outperforms Atom Z500 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3580 | 3482 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | Core Duo |
| Power efficiency | 23.09 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | Yonah (2005−2006) |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (17 years ago) | no data |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $45 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom Z500 and Core Duo L2400 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 | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.8 GHz | 1.66 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 400 MT/s | 533 MHz |
| Multiplier | 8 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 24.18 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.80 -1.1V | 1.0V - 1.212V |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z500 and Core Duo L2400 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) | no data |
| Socket | PBGA441 | PBGA479 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 0.65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Core Duo L2400. 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) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| FSB parity | - | - |
Security technologies
Atom Z500 and Core Duo L2400 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 Core Duo L2400 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.14 | 0.20 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
Atom Z500 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
Duo L2400, on the other hand, has a 42.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
The Intel Core Duo L2400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z500 in performance tests.
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