Atom Z612 vs Z670

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z670 and Atom Z612 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Lincroft (2010−2011)	Lincroft (2010−2011)
Release date	11 April 2011 (13 years ago)	4 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z670 and Atom Z612 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	2
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	0.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	900 MHz - 1500 MHz (1 core)
Bus type	cDMI	cDMI
Bus rate	400 MT/s	400 MT/s
Multiplier	8	9
L1 cache	56 KB	56 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	65 mm2	65.2526 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	140 million	140 million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z670 and Atom Z612 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	Intel BGA 518
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	1.3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z670 and Atom Z612. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Atom Z670 and Atom Z612 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z670 and Atom Z612 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z670 and Atom Z612. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR1, DDR2
Maximum memory size	2.93 GB	2 GB
Max memory channels	1	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	3.2 GB/s	3.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

PowerVR SGX535

PowerVR SGX535

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z670 and Atom Z612 integrated GPUs.

LVDS

+

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z670 and Atom Z612.

PCI support

-

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 April 2011	4 May 2010
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	1 Watt

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