Intel Atom N2800 vs Core 2 Duo T5850

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom N2800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Atom
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Cedarview-M (2011−2012)
Release date1 October 2008 (15 years old)1 December 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$47
Current price$9.28 $253 (5.4x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T5850 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 speedno data1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.87 GHz
Bus support667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data66 mm2
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5850 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 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)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom N2800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom N2800 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom N2800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Core 2 Duo T5850 687
+54.7%
Atom N2800 444

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom N2800 by 55% 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%

Core 2 Duo T5850 2161
+233%
Atom N2800 648

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom N2800 by 233% 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%

Core 2 Duo T5850 3997
+119%
Atom N2800 1829

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom N2800 by 119% 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%

Core 2 Duo T5850 1768
+83.2%
Atom N2800 965

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom N2800 by 83% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 October 2008 1 December 2011
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 6 Watt

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