Atom Z530P vs Phenom II X2 P650
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | 2x AMD Phenom II | Intel Atom |
Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Silverthorne (2008−2010) |
Release date | 19 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
Threads | 2 | 2 |
Base clock speed | no data | 1.6 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
Bus type | no data | FSB |
Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 533.33 MT/s |
Multiplier | no data | 12 |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 56 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | no data | 24.18 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
Number of transistors | no data | 47 million |
64 bit support | + | - |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
VID voltage range | no data | 0.8V-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 configuration | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
Socket | S1 | FCBGA437 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 2.2 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 extensions | HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
VirusProtect | + | - |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Idle States | no data | + |
Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | no data | - |
EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P are enumerated here.
VT-d | no data | - |
VT-x | no 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 types | DDR3 | unknown |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | no data | On 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.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X2 P650 and Atom Z530P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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