Atom N270 vs Core 2 Duo E7200

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E7200 and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2767not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency0.91no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)DiamondVille (2008−2009)
Release dateApril 2008 (16 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$44

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E7200 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.53 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.53 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate1066 MHz533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache64 KB56 KB
L2 cache3 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size82 mm225.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million47 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625V0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E7200 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)
SocketLGA775PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt2.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E7200 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
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+-
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching--
FSB parity--

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E7200 and Atom N270 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E7200 and Atom N270 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E7200 and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

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.

Core 2 Duo E7200 992
+629%
Atom N270 136

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 2 Watt

Core 2 Duo E7200 has 100% more physical cores.

Atom N270, on the other hand, has 3150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E7200 and Atom N270. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E7200 is a desktop processor while Atom N270 is a notebook one.


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