Atom N2600 vs Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Primary details
Comparing Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Atom N2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium 4 | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Northwood (2001−2004) | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) |
| Release date | no data | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $47 |
| Current price | $61 | $251 (5.3x MSRP) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Atom N2600 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus support | 400 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 66 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Atom N2600 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 59.8 Watt | 3.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Atom N2600. 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 | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Atom N2600 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 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Atom N2600 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2.44 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 |
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%
Atom N2600 outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by 175% 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%
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz outperforms Atom N2600 by 142% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-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%
Atom N2600 outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by 28% 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%
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz outperforms Atom N2600 by 102% in wPrime 32.
x264 encoding pass 2
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
Atom N2600 outperforms Pentium 4 2.4 GHz by 427% in x264 encoding pass 2.
x264 encoding pass 1
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz outperforms Atom N2600 by 2% in x264 encoding pass 1.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 59 Watt | 3 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and Atom N2600. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is a desktop processor while Atom N2600 is a notebook one.
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