Atom N280 vs Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 outperforms Atom N280 by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3555 | 3647 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium 4-M | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 0.21 | 1.53 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Northwood (2002−2004) | DiamondVille (2008−2009) |
| Release date | no data | 1 February 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N280 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 0.07 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | 400 MHz | 666.66 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 10 |
| L1 cache | no data | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 25.9638 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.9V-1.1625V |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N280 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | PBGA437 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 2.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N280. 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
Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N280 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-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N280 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-M P4-M 1,7 and Atom N280. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
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.
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.
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 | 0.15 | 0.09 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 2 Watt |
Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 has a 66.7% higher aggregate performance score.
Atom N280, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1400% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom N280 in performance tests.
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