Atom N270 vs FX-8350
Primary details
Comparing FX-8350 and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1390 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.11 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD FX-Series (Desktop) | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Vishera (2012−2015) | DiamondVille (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 23 October 2012 (11 years ago) | 1 March 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $44 |
| Current price | $162 | $134 (3x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
FX-8350 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 cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 4 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 533 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 8192 KB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | 26 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 61 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
| P0 Vcore voltage | Min: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 V | no data |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.9V-1.1625V |
Compatibility
Information on FX-8350 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | AM3+ | PBGA437 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 2.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8350 and Atom N270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, AMD64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, CLMUL, CVT16, EVP, FMA4, XOP, Turbo Core, HT3.1 | Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| FMA | + | no data |
| AVX | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
FX-8350 and Atom N270 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 FX-8350 and Atom N270 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8350 and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8350 and Atom N270.
| PCIe version | n/a | 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%
FX-8350 outperforms Atom N270 by 4265% 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%
FX-8350 outperforms Atom N270 by 492% 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%
FX-8350 outperforms Atom N270 by 1937% 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%
FX-8350 outperforms Atom N270 by 1276% 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%
Atom N270 outperforms FX-8350 by 1411% in wPrime 32.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 October 2012 | 1 March 2008 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 2 Watt |
We couldn't decide between FX-8350 and Atom N270. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that FX-8350 is a desktop processor while Atom N270 is a notebook one.
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