Atom Z2520 vs Pentium J2900

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	2957	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	3.04	no data
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	no data	Intel
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Clovertrail (2013)
Release date	1 November 2013 (12 years ago)	27 February 2013 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$94	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.41 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	1.2 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	65 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	140 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520 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	FCBGA1170	FC-MB4760
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520. 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	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
PAE	36 Bit	32 Bit
FDI	-	no data
Smart Idle	no data	+
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum memory size	8 GB	2 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	8.5 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series	SGX 544MP2
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Atom Z2520.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no data
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	2.0 OTG, USB-SPH 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	2
UART	no data	3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 November 2013	27 February 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	3 Watt