Gemini Lake vs Atom Z650

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Architecture codename	Lincroft (2010−2011)	Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date	11 April 2011 (13 years ago)	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price	no data	$152

Detailed specifications

Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	no data
Bus support	400 MT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size	65 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	140 million	no data
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake 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	T-PBGA518	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	no data
Maximum memory size	2.93 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	3.2 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

PowerVR SGX535

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Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake integrated GPUs.

LVDS

+

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z650 and Gemini Lake.

PCI support

-

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 April 2011	11 December 2017
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm

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