Atom 230 vs Pentium E5200

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5200
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.59
+436%
Atom 230
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 4 Watt
0.11

Pentium E5200 outperforms Atom 230 by a whopping 436% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5200 and Atom 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28173376
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.13no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency0.862.60
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99$29

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5200 and Atom 230 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.5 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size82 mm225.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C85 °C
Number of transistors228 million47 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625V0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5200 and Atom 230 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5200 and Atom 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+-
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching--
FSB parity--

Security technologies

Pentium E5200 and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5200 and Atom 230 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5200 and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium E5200 0.59
+436%
Atom 230 0.11

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.

Pentium E5200 933
+452%
Atom 230 169

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.59 0.11
Physical cores 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 4 Watt

Pentium E5200 has a 436.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

Atom 230, on the other hand, has 1525% lower power consumption.

The Pentium E5200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom 230 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E5200 is a desktop processor while Atom 230 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E5200 and Atom 230, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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