Intel Atom D2500 vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom D2500 and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom D2500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
  • 4.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
Launch date 28 December 2011 vs October 2007
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

  • Around 40% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 489 vs 323
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 430 vs 241
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 489 vs 323
PassMark - CPU mark 430 vs 241

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom D2500
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
323
489
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
241
430
Name Intel Atom D2500 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
PassMark - Single thread mark 323 489
PassMark - CPU mark 241 430
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 611
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 925

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom D2500 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

Essentials

Architecture codename Cedarview Windsor
Launch date 28 December 2011 October 2007
Place in performance rating 2999 3010
Processor Number D2500
Series Intel® Atom™ Processor D Series
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.86 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size 66 mm 230 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 90 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 1.86 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 176 million 227 million
VID voltage range 0.91V -1.21V

Memory

Max memory channels 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 6.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 400 MHz
Processor graphics Integrated

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 22mm X 22mm
Sockets supported FCBGA559 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 4
Number of USB ports 8
Total number of SATA ports 2

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
HD Audio
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® Active Management technology (AMT)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® ME Firmware Version No
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)