Atom N450 vs Solo T1200
Aggregate performance score
Core Solo T1200 outperforms Atom N450 by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3628 | 3667 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Core Solo | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 0.22 | 0.84 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Yonah (2005−2006) | Pinetrail (2009−2011) |
| Release date | January 2006 (20 years ago) | 21 December 2009 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $64 |
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of Core Solo T1200 and Atom N450: 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.67 GHz |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | 533 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 56 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 90 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 151 million | 123 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core Solo T1200 and Atom N450 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | 479 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 5.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Solo T1200 and Atom N450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
Security technologies
Core Solo T1200 and Atom N450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core Solo T1200 and Atom N450 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Solo T1200 and Atom N450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.14 | 0.12 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 5 Watt |
Solo T1200 has a 17% higher aggregate performance score.
Atom N450, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, a 44% more advanced lithography process, and 440% lower power consumption.
The Intel Core Solo T1200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom N450 in performance tests.
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