Atom N435 vs Turion II M500
Aggregate performance score
Turion II M500 outperforms Atom N435 by a whopping 456% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3186 | 3713 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | Atom |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | 0.76 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Pinetrail (2009−2011) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 2 June 2011 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II M500 and Atom N435 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.33 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 533 MHz |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M500 and Atom N435 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.
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and Atom N435. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M500 and Atom N435. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR2, DDR3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.50 | 0.09 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 2 June 2011 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 5 Watt |
Turion II M500 has a 456% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.
Atom N435, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 600% lower power consumption.
The AMD Turion II M500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom N435 in performance tests.
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