Atom N550 vs Pentium G6960
Primary details
Comparing Pentium G6960 and Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2528 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 1.17 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Clarkdale (2010−2011) | Pineview (2009−2011) |
| Release date | 9 January 2011 (13 years ago) | 23 August 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $86 |
Detailed specifications
Pentium G6960 and Atom N550 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 | 2.93 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.93 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 666 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 3072 KB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 81 mm2 | 87 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 73 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 382 million | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G6960 and Atom N550 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 | FCLGA1156 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 73 Watt | 8.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6960 and Atom N550. 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 | - | - |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium G6960 and Atom N550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G6960 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6960 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 16.38 GB | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 17 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD | Intel GMA 3150 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6960 and Atom N550 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6960 and Atom N550.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2011 | 23 August 2010 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 73 Watt | 8 Watt |
Pentium G6960 has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
Atom N550, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and 812.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium G6960 and Atom N550. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Pentium G6960 is a desktop processor while Atom N550 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G6960 and Atom N550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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