Atom Z530P vs Phenom II X2 P650

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Phenom IIIntel Atom
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)2 March 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate3600 MHz533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache256 KB56 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data26 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.8V-1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P 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)
SocketS1FCBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt2.2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VurtualizationIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
VirusProtect+-
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

Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3unknown

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2010 2 March 2009
Physical cores 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 2 Watt

Phenom II X2 P650 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores.

Atom Z530P, on the other hand, has 1150% lower power consumption.

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