Intel Atom D2500 vs Intel Pentium G620

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom D2500 and Intel Pentium G620 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom D2500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 69.1°C
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 6.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 611 vs 458
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 925 vs 832
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 December 2011 vs May 2011
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 69.1°C
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 611 vs 458
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 925 vs 832

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G620

  • Around 40% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1181 vs 323
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1213 vs 241
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1181 vs 323
PassMark - CPU mark 1213 vs 241

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom D2500
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
323
1181
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
241
1213
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
611
458
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
925
832
Name Intel Atom D2500 Intel Pentium G620
PassMark - Single thread mark 323 1181
PassMark - CPU mark 241 1213
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 611 458
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 925 832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 26.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.599
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.831

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom D2500 Intel Pentium G620

Essentials

Architecture codename Cedarview Sandy Bridge
Launch date 28 December 2011 May 2011
Place in performance rating 2999 3003
Processor Number D2500 G620
Series Intel® Atom™ Processor D Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $60
Price now $24.99
Value for money (0-100) 27.01

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.86 GHz 2.60 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 66 mm 131 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C 69.1°C
Maximum frequency 1.86 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 176 million 504 million
VID voltage range 0.91V -1.21V
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 6.4 GB/s 17 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066 DDR3 1066

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 400 MHz 850 MHz
Processor graphics Integrated Intel HD Graphics
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

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 FCLGA1155
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
PCI Express revision 2.0

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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
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
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)