Atom N270 vs Pentium M 715
Primary details
Comparing Pentium M 715 and Atom N270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium M | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Dothan (2004−2005) | DiamondVille (2008−2009) |
| Release date | June 2004 (19 years ago) | 1 March 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $44 |
| Current price | $143 | $134 (3x MSRP) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium M 715 and Atom N270 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus support | 400 MHz | 533 MHz |
| L1 cache | 32 KB | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 84 mm2 | 26 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 140 million | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
| VID voltage range | 0.988V-1.34V | 0.9V-1.1625V |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium M 715 and Atom N270 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | PPGA478 | PBGA437 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7.5 Watt | 2.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 715 and Atom N270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | - | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | - |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| FSB parity | - | - |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Pentium M 715 and Atom N270 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 715 and Atom N270 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | - | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 715 and Atom N270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| ECC memory support | - | 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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Atom N270 outperforms Pentium M 715 by 10% in wPrime 32.
Pros & cons summary
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 2 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Pentium M 715 and Atom N270. We've got no test results to judge.
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