Intel Atom Z610 vs Intel Atom Z615

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom Z610 and Intel Atom Z615 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Virtualization.

Intel Atom Z610

Intel Atom Z615

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom Z610

2x lower typical power consumption: 1 Watt vs 2.2 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1 Watt vs 2.2 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom Z615

Around 100% higher clock speed: 1.6 GHz vs 0.8 GHz

Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz vs 0.8 GHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Atom Z610	Intel Atom Z615
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lincroft	Lincroft
Launch date	May 2010	May 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Laptop	Mobile
Processor Number		Z615
Series		Legacy Intel Atom® Processors
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Die size	65 mm	65 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	0.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	140 million	140 million
Base frequency		1.60 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz DMI
Maximum core temperature		0 to +90°C
Number of threads		2
VID voltage range		0.7625V – 1.1V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2	DDR2 800
Max memory channels		1
Maximum memory bandwidth		3.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		2 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	Intel BGA 518	Intel BGA 518
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1 Watt	2.2 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		13.8mmx 13.8mmx1.1mm
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
I/O Acceleration
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® AC97 Technology
Intel® Active Management technology (AMT)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® ME Firmware Version		No
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Matrix Storage
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		32-bit
Quick Resume
Quiet System
Thermal Monitoring
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		400 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Max video memory		256 MB
Processor graphics		Integrated
Graphics interfaces
LVDS
MIPI
Peripherals
Integrated IDE
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes		0
Number of USB ports		4
PCI Express revision		None
PCI support
PCIe configurations		None
Total number of SATA ports		0
UART
USB revision		2.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)