AMD Opteron A1120 vs Intel Atom N450

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron A1120 and Intel Atom N450 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Opteron A1120

Intel Atom N450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron A1120

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 2% higher clock speed: 1.7 GHz vs 1.66 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	January 2016 vs 21 December 2009
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	1.7 GHz vs 1.66 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	80 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB (shared) vs 512 KB

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom N450

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 5.5 Watt vs 25 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5.5 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron A1120
CPU 2: Intel Atom N450

Name	AMD Opteron A1120	Intel Atom N450
PassMark - Single thread mark		277
PassMark - CPU mark		203
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		80
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		124

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron A1120	Intel Atom N450
Essentials
Architecture codename	Seattle	Pineview
Launch date	January 2016	21 December 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	3308
Vertical segment	Server	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$64
Processor Number		N450
Series		Legacy Intel Atom® Processors
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB (shared)	512 KB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	1.7 GHz	1.66 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Base frequency		1.66 GHz
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size		66 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB)		533 MHz
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Number of threads		2
Transistor count		123 million
VID voltage range		0.800V-1.175V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR2 667
Max memory channels		1
Maximum memory size		2 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	5.5 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		22mm x 22mm
Sockets supported		FCBGA559
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		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)
Graphics
Processor graphics		Integrated
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)