Intel Atom D2550 vs Intel Celeron G530. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Celeron
• Generation
  1 2
• CPU group
  Intel Atom D2000 Intel Celeron G500

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
  1.86 GHz 2.40 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 3650 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.64 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.00 GHz
• Execution units
  4 6
• Shader
  32 48
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  10.1 10.1
• Technology
  65 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2008 Q2/2011

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 Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron G530 and Intel Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066 DDR3-1066
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom D2550 and Intel Celeron G530 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  10 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom D2550 and Intel Atom D2550, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cedarview Sandy Bridge S
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  BGA 559 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q1/2012 Q3/2011