Atom N455 vs Pentium III 1400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium III 1400
2001
1 core / 1 thread, 31 Watt
0.12
Atom N455
2010
1 core / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.12

Primary details

Comparing Pentium III 1400 and Atom N455 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33623352
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency0.371.62
Architecture codenameTualatin (2000−2002)Pinetrail (2009−2011)
Release dateDecember 2001 (23 years ago)1 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Pentium III 1400 and Atom N455 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache8 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography130 nm45 nm
Die size80 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors44 million123 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium III 1400 and Atom N455 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
Socket370FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium III 1400 and Atom N455. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Pentium III 1400 and Atom N455 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium III 1400 and Atom N455 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium III 1400 and Atom N455. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel GMA 3150

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 III 1400 0.12
Atom N455 0.12

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 III 1400 193
Atom N455 196
+1.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 6 Watt

Atom N455 has 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 416.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium III 1400 and Atom N455.

Note that Pentium III 1400 is a desktop processor while Atom N455 is a notebook one.


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