Intel Atom D2550 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom D2550 and AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom D2550

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 12.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 125 Watt
Launch date 5 January 2012 vs April 2009
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 61% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.86 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 2
Maximum frequency 3 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

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom D2550
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

Name Intel Atom D2550 AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)
PassMark - Single thread mark 322
PassMark - CPU mark 409
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 95
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 14.5
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.125

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom D2550 AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W)

Essentials

Architecture codename Cedarview Deneb
Launch date 5 January 2012 April 2009
Place in performance rating 3275 3269
Processor Number D2550
Series Intel® Atom™ Processor D Series
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.86 GHz
Die size 66 mm 258 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 3 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 176 million 758 million
VID voltage range 0.91V -1.21V
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)

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 640 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 22 mm
Sockets supported FCBGA559 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 125 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 4

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Itanium (VT-i)