Atom Z650 vs Phenom II X3 N830
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3034 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 3x AMD Phenom II | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 0.76 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Lincroft (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) | 11 April 2011 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X3 N830 and Atom Z650 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 | 3 (Tri-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | cDMI |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 400 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 8 |
| L1 cache | no data | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 65 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 140 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X3 N830 and Atom Z650 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 | T-PBGA518 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 3 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Atom Z650. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V | Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
Security technologies
Phenom II X3 N830 and Atom Z650 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Atom Z650 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Atom Z650. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2.93 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 3.2 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | PowerVR SGX535 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X3 N830 and Atom Z650 integrated GPUs.
| LVDS | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Atom Z650.
| PCI support | no data | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 11 April 2011 |
| Physical cores | 3 | 1 |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 3 Watt |
Phenom II X3 N830 has 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
Atom Z650, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 1066.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between AMD Phenom II X3 N830 and Intel Atom Z650. We've got no test results to judge.
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