Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ vs Atom Z540

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Aggregate performance score

Atom Z540
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 2 Watt
0.22
Mobile Athlon 64 3700+
2005
1 core / 1 thread, 81 Watt
0.22

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z540 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31993194
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomMobile Athlon 64
Power efficiency8.680.26
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Clawhammer (2001−2005)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)August 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z540 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ 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)
Threads21
Base clock speed1.86 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s800 MHz
Multiplier14no data
L1 cache56 KB128K
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nmno data
Die size24.18 mm2193 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors47 Million106 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.75 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z540 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ 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
SocketPBGA441754
Power consumption (TDP)2.4 Watt81 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z540 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no 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 Z540 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ 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 Z540 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z540 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom Z540 0.22
Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ 0.22

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Atom Z540 348
Mobile Athlon 64 3700+ 356
+2.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 81 Watt

Atom Z540 has 100% more threads, and 3950% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Atom Z540 and Mobile Athlon 64 3700+.


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