Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ vs Atom Z550
Aggregate performance score
Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ outperforms Atom Z550 by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Atom Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3177 | 3166 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | Mobile Athlon 64 |
| Power efficiency | 9.46 | 0.68 |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | Clawhammer (2001−2005) |
| Release date | 8 April 2009 (15 years ago) | August 2005 (19 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Atom Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 533.33 MT/s | 800 MHz |
| Multiplier | 15 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB (per core) | 128K |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512K |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | no data |
| Die size | 26 mm2 | 193 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 47 million | 106 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ 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 | 754 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2.4 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| 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 Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ 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 Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | unknown | DDR1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.24 | 0.25 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 35 Watt |
Atom Z550 has 100% more threads, and 1650% lower power consumption.
Mobile Athlon 64 2700+, on the other hand, has a 4.2% higher aggregate performance score.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Atom Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom Z550 and Mobile Athlon 64 2700+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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