Athlon 3000G vs Atom Z600

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z600 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1666
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.27
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	no data	7.63
Architecture codename	Lincroft (2010−2011)	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	4 May 2010 (14 years ago)	7 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Atom Z600 and Athlon 3000G 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	4
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz - 1200 MHz (1 core)	3.5 GHz
Bus type	cDMI	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	400 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	35
L1 cache	56 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	65.2526 mm2	209.78 mm2?
Maximum core temperature	+90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	140 million	4940 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z600 and Athlon 3000G 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	T-PBGA518	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	1.3 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z600 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
GPIO	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	-	no data
AMT	-	no data
Matrix Storage	-	no data
Quiet System	-	no data
Quick Resume	-	no data
HD Audio	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom Z600 and Athlon 3000G 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 Z600 and Athlon 3000G 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 Z600 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	1 GB	64 GB?
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	3.2 GB/s	42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	PowerVR SGX535	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Max video memory	256 MB	no data
Clear Video	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z600 and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs.

LVDS	+	no data
MIPI	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z600 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	None	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	6
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	2.0	no data
Integrated IDE	None	no data
Number of USB ports	4	no data
Integrated LAN	None	no data
UART	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 May 2010	7 November 2019
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	1 Watt	35 Watt

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