Atom N2800 vs Core 2 Duo E7300

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E7300 and Atom N2800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2794not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency0.87no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Cedarview-M (2011−2012)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)1 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$47

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E7300 and Atom N2800 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 speed2.66 GHz1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz1.87 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm266 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors420 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E7300 and Atom N2800 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
SocketLGA775FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Atom N2800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching--
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E7300 and Atom N2800 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 E7300 and Atom N2800 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Atom N2800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data4.88 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

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 E7300 946
+113%
Atom N2800 444

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 6 Watt

Atom N2800 has 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E7300 and Atom N2800. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E7300 is a desktop processor while Atom N2800 is a notebook one.


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