Intel Atom N550 vs Celeron N2820

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General info

Comparing Celeron N2820 and Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Atom
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date1 December 2013 (10 years old)23 August 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$86
Current price$215 (2x MSRP)$198 (2.3x MSRP)

Technical specs

Celeron N2820 and Atom N550 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.13 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.39 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus supportno data666 MHz
L1 cache56K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data87 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2820 and Atom N550 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2820 and Atom N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Smart Connect+no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2820 and Atom N550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Identity Protection-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2820 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2820 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB2 GB
Max memory channels21

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 SeriesIntel GMA 3150
Graphics max frequency756 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2820 and Atom N550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2820 and Atom N550.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no 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.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Celeron N2820 502
+77.4%
Atom N550 283

Celeron N2820 outperforms Atom N550 by 77% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Celeron N2820 198
+209%
Atom N550 64

Celeron N2820 outperforms Atom N550 by 209% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Celeron N2820 343
+143%
Atom N550 141

Celeron N2820 outperforms Atom N550 by 143% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Celeron N2820 1061
+105%
Atom N550 517

Celeron N2820 outperforms Atom N550 by 105% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Celeron N2820 2010
+40.1%
Atom N550 1435

Celeron N2820 outperforms Atom N550 by 40% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Celeron N2820 1418
+91.1%
Atom N550 742

Celeron N2820 outperforms Atom N550 by 91% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Celeron N2820 48.5
+37.7%
Atom N550 66.8

Atom N550 outperforms Celeron N2820 by 38% in wPrime 32.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 December 2013 23 August 2010
Threads 2 4
Cost $107 $86
Chip lithography 22 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 8 Watt

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