Intel Atom D2500 vs AMD Athlon II X3 435

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom D2500 and AMD Athlon II X3 435 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, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Atom D2500

AMD Athlon II X3 435

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom D2500

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
9.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 65% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 611 vs 370

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 December 2011 vs October 2009
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	611 vs 370

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 435

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1160 vs 323
6.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1625 vs 241
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 997 vs 925

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	3 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1160 vs 323
PassMark - CPU mark	1625 vs 241
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	997 vs 925

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom D2500
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 435

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

323

1160

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

241

1625

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

611

370

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

925

997

Name	Intel Atom D2500	AMD Athlon II X3 435
PassMark - Single thread mark	323	1160
PassMark - CPU mark	241	1625
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	611	370
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	925	997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6.968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.867

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Atom D2500	AMD Athlon II X3 435
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cedarview	Rana
Launch date	28 December 2011	October 2009
Place in performance rating	2999	3005
Processor Number	D2500
Series	Intel® Atom™ Processor D Series
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$160
Price now		$29.99
Value for money (0-100)		24.28
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.86 GHz
Bus Speed	2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size	66 mm	169 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C
Maximum frequency	1.86 GHz	2.9 GHz
Number of cores	2	3
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	176 million	300 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	DDR3
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	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	95 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)