Atom N270 vs Celeron N3150

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3150 and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2540not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Atom
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)DiamondVille (2008−2009)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)1 March 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$44
Current price$408 (3.8x MSRP)$134 (3x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3150 and Atom N270 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.08 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus supportno data533 MHz
L1 cacheno data56 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data26 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3150 and Atom N270 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1170PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt2.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3150 and Atom N270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+-
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP-no data
Smart Response-no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
FSB parityno data-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3150 and Atom N270 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+no data
OS Guard-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3150 and Atom N270 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x+-
VT-i-no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3150 and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series-
Max video memory8 GB-
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency640 MHz-
Execution Units12-
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3150 and Atom N270 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3-
eDP+-
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3150 and Atom N270 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+-
OpenGL+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3150 and Atom N270.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no 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 N3150 1191
+776%
Atom N270 136

Celeron N3150 outperforms Atom N270 by 776% in Passmark.

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 N3150 1085
+101%
Atom N270 541

Celeron N3150 outperforms Atom N270 by 101% 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 N3150 3624
+337%
Atom N270 830

Celeron N3150 outperforms Atom N270 by 337% 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 N3150 2053
+325%
Atom N270 483

Celeron N3150 outperforms Atom N270 by 325% 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 N3150 30.11
+318%
Atom N270 126

Atom N270 outperforms Celeron N3150 by 318% in wPrime 32.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2015 1 March 2008
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Cost $107 $44
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 2 Watt

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