Intel Atom D2560 vs AMD Phenom II X3 N830

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom D2560 and AMD Phenom II X3 N830 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom D2560

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N830

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 2 GHz
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 823 vs 353
• 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1222 vs 433

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom D2560
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 N830

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	353 823
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	433 1222

Compare specifications (specs)