AMD Athlon II Neo K125 vs Intel Atom N270

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II Neo K125 and Intel Atom N270 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon II Neo K125

Intel Atom N270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II Neo K125

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 6% higher clock speed: 1.7 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 616 vs 174
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 315 vs 136

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 May 2010 vs 1 March 2008
Maximum frequency	1.7 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB vs 56 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	616 vs 174
PassMark - CPU mark	315 vs 136

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom N270

1 more threads: 2 vs 1
4x lower typical power consumption: 2.5 Watt vs 12 Watt

Number of threads	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2.5 Watt vs 12 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II Neo K125
CPU 2: Intel Atom N270

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

616

174

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

315

136

Name	AMD Athlon II Neo K125	Intel Atom N270
PassMark - Single thread mark	616	174
PassMark - CPU mark	315	136
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	823
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	799

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II Neo K125	Intel Atom N270
Essentials
Architecture codename	Geneva	Diamondville
Launch date	12 May 2010	1 March 2008
Place in performance rating	2690	3312
Series	AMD Athlon II Neo	Legacy Intel Atom® Processors
Vertical segment	Laptop	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$44
Processor Number		N270
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	2000 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	56 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	1.7 GHz	1.6 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Number of threads	1	2
Base frequency		1.60 GHz
Bus Speed		533 MHz FSB
Die size		26 mm2
Maximum core temperature		90°C
Transistor count		47 million
VID voltage range		0.9V-1.1625V
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1	PBGA437
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	2.5 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		22mm x 22mm
Advanced Technologies
VirusProtect
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)