Atom Z520 vs Pentium M 710

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium M 710
1 core / 1 thread, 21 Watt
0.12
+50%
Atom Z520
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 2 Watt
0.08

Pentium M 710 outperforms Atom Z520 by an impressive 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 710 and Atom Z520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33733418
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium MIntel Atom
Power efficiency0.543.81
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release dateno data2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$65

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 710 and Atom Z520 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 data1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz0.03 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate400 MHz533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data10
L1 cacheno data56 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data24.18 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 Million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.75-1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 710 and Atom Z520 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataPBGA441
Power consumption (TDP)21 Watt2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 710 and Atom Z520. 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+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data+
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pentium M 710 and Atom Z520 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 M 710 and Atom Z520 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno 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.


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 M 710 0.12
+50%
Atom Z520 0.08

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium M 710 129
+13.4%
Atom Z520 146.28

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.12 0.08
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 21 Watt 2 Watt

Pentium M 710 has a 50% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom Z520, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 950% lower power consumption.

The Pentium M 710 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom Z520 in performance tests.


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