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Intel Atom N2600 vs AMD E-240

Intel Atom N2600

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The Intel Atom N2600 is a dual core entry level processor for netbooks and tablets. It was officially announced in December 2011 after some troubles with the graphics drivers (according to rumors). 

The N2600 features a PowerVR SGX545 based graphics card (at 400MHz) named Graphics Media Accelerator 3600 and a video decoding engine for MPEG4 Part2, VC-1, WMV9, and H.264. Furthermore, the chip now also supports DisplayPort 1.1 and HDMI 1.3a outputs.

The processor core is still similar to the old Atom processors. Therefore the performance of the N2600 is comparable to an older Atom N570.

The integrated 64Bit Single-Channel DDR3-800/1067 memory controller supports two SODIMMS and a maximum of 2 GB RAM.

AMD E-240

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The AMD E-240 (codename Zacate) is a single core processor for small notebooks and netbooks. It offers a relatively powerful integrated graphics card and a single channel DDR3-1066 memory controller.

Inside the E-240 one Bobcat core (the second one is deactivated) can access 512KB level 2 cache. In comparison to the Atom processors, the Bobcat architecture uses an "out-of-order" execution and is therefore faster at the same clock speed. However, the performance is far worse than similar clocked Penryn (Celeron) or Danube (AMD V-Series) cores. On average the cpu performance of the E-240 should be between a 2 GHz Atom and a Celeron single core with 1.1 GHz.

The integrated Radeon HD 6310 graphics card offers 80 shaders and an UVD3 video processor. Compared to the slow GMA 3150 in the Atom processors, the HD6310 offers a lot more performance and is about as fast as the Nvidia ION graphics solution.

The power consumption is rated with a TDP of 18 Watt by AMD.

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ModelIntel Atom N2600AMD E-240
SeriesIntel AtomAMD E-Series
CodenameCedarview-MZacate
Series: E-Series Zacate
Intel Atom N2850 compare2 GHz2 / 4 cores
Intel Atom N2800 compare1.86 GHz2 / 4 cores
Intel Atom N2650 compare1.73 GHz2 / 4 cores
Intel Atom N2600 « 1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores
AMD E2-2000 compare1.75 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E2-1800 compare1.7 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E-450 compare1.65 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E-350 compare1.6 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E1-1500 compare1.48 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E1-1200 compare1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E-300 compare1.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E-240 « 1.5 GHz1 / 1 cores
Clock1600 MHz1500 MHz
L2 Cache1 MB512 KB
Cores / Threads2 / 41 / 1
TDP3.5 Watt18 Watt
Technology32 nm40 nm
SocketFCBGA559FT1 BGA 413-Ball
FeaturesGMA 3600 (400MHz), Single Channel Memory Controller (2GB DDR3)MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
iGPUIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 (400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$47 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.com
L1 Cache64 KB
Die Size75 mm2

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 E-240 +
0.3 Points (0%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 531     avg: 540     median: 541 (3%)     max: 547 Points
min: 891     avg: 938     median: 937.5 (6%)     max: 984 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 N2600 +
min: 1434     avg: 1513     median: 1527.5 (1%)     max: 1562 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 E-240 +
min: 988     avg: 1016     median: 1015.5 (1%)     max: 1043 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
2064 s (24%)
4472 s (53%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
66 s (13%)
137.4 s (28%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 N2600 +
9.9 fps (3%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 N2600 +
9.8 fps (2%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 795     avg: 812     median: 812 (2%)     max: 829 Points
min: 497     avg: 501     median: 500.5 (1%)     max: 504 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
92 s (20%)
57.5 s (12%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
204 s (9%)
120.3 s (5%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 N2600 +
4541 s (20%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
8139 MIPS (4%)
min: 3750     avg: 4097     median: 4270 (2%)     max: 4270 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
6745 MFLOPS (5%)
min: 3520     avg: 3730     median: 3520 (3%)     max: 4150 MFLOPS
PCMark 05 - PCMark 05 - Standard
100%
1 N2600 +
1631 Points (3%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
3.3 Points (42%)
2.5 Points (32%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
-1 Points (-0%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
-1 Points (-0%)
269 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Atom N2600 → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks AMD E-240 → 86% n=9

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