Atom N2800 vs Pentium E5500
Aggregate performance score
Pentium E5500 outperforms Atom N2800 by a whopping 144% 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 | 3076 | 3453 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.05 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 0.40 | 1.51 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Wolfdale (2008−2010) | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 18 April 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 December 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | $47 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium E5500 and Atom N2800 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.86 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.87 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 82 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 228 million | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.3625V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium E5500 and Atom N2800 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 | LGA775 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 6.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5500 and Atom N2800. 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) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | - |
Security technologies
Pentium E5500 and Atom N2800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5500 and Atom N2800 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5500 and Atom N2800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4.88 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) 3650 (640 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5500 and Atom N2800.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.61 | 0.25 |
| Recency | 18 April 2010 | 1 December 2011 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 6 Watt |
Pentium E5500 has a 144% higher aggregate performance score.
Atom N2800, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium E5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom N2800 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium E5500 is a desktop processor while Atom N2800 is a notebook one.
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