Intel Atom D2500 vs Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom D2500 and Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 73.3°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • 6.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 611 vs 242
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 925 vs 423
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 December 2011 vs August 2007
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 73.3°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 611 vs 242
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 925 vs 423

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180

  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 736 vs 323
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 683 vs 241
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 736 vs 323
PassMark - CPU mark 683 vs 241

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom D2500
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
323
736
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
241
683
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
611
242
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
925
423
Name Intel Atom D2500 Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180
PassMark - Single thread mark 323 736
PassMark - CPU mark 241 683
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 611 242
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 925 423

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom D2500 Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180

Essentials

Architecture codename Cedarview Conroe
Launch date 28 December 2011 August 2007
Place in performance rating 3000 2991
Processor Number D2500 E2180
Series Intel® Atom™ Processor D Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.86 GHz 2.00 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI 800 MHz FSB
Die size 66 mm 77 mm2
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C 73.3°C
Maximum frequency 1.86 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 176 million 105 million
VID voltage range 0.91V -1.21V 0.8500V-1.5V

Memory

Max memory channels 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 6.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066 DDR1, DDR2, 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 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCBGA559 LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 65 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)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

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
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel® AES New Instructions
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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