Atom N2600 vs Xeon E5462
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2138 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.34 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 1 October 2007 (16 years ago) | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $47 |
| Current price | $103 | $251 (5.3x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600 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 | no data | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | no data | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB L2 Cache | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 67 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.35V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600 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 |
| Socket | LGA771 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 3.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| FSB parity | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2.44 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Xeon E5462 outperforms Atom N2600 by 496% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Xeon E5462 outperforms Atom N2600 by 428% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Xeon E5462 outperforms Atom N2600 by 490% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2007 | 1 December 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 3 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E5462 is a server/workstation processor while Atom N2600 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5462 and Atom N2600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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