Turion II N570 vs Atom Z550

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3401	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	3.87	no data
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	8 April 2009 (16 years ago)	16 December 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z550 and Turion II N570 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	2	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	3600 MHz
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	265 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	26 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z550 and Turion II N570 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	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	2.4 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z550 and Turion II N570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect	-	+
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 Turion II N570 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 Turion II N570 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z550 and Turion II N570. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 April 2009	16 December 2010
Physical cores	1	2
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	35 Watt

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