Intel Atom N2600 vs Intel Atom D2500. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Atom
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  Intel Atom N2000 Intel Atom D2000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 1.86 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel GMA 3600 Intel GMA 3600
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  4 4
• Shader
  32 32
• Max. displays
  2 2
• DirectX Version
  10.1 10.1
• Technology
  65 nm 65 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2008 Q4/2008

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom D2500 and Intel Atom N2600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066 DDR3-1066
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom N2600 and Intel Atom D2500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  3.5 W 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom N2600 and Intel Atom N2600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  SSE3 SSE3
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cedarview Cedarview
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  BGA 559 BGA 559
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q3/2011