Intel Atom CE4150 vs Intel Core i7-870

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom CE4150 and Intel Core i7-870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Memory, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Atom CE4150

Intel Core i7-870

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom CE4150

13.6x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-870

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 200% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
4x 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

Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom CE4150
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-870

Name	Intel Atom CE4150	Intel Core i7-870
PassMark - Single thread mark		1384
PassMark - CPU mark		3142
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		547
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2032
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		53.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.602

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Atom CE4150	Intel Core i7-870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sodaville	Lynnfield
Launch date	September 2009	September 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	2671
Vertical segment	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$197
Price now		$98.99
Processor Number		i7-870
Series		Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		15.90
Performance
Die size	26 mm	296 mm2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	1.2 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	1	4
Transistor count	47 million	774 million
64 bit support
Base frequency		2.93 GHz
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		72.7°C
Number of threads		8
VID voltage range		0.6500V-1.4000V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	Intel BGA 951	LGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Memory
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 1066/1333
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		2.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)