Intel Celeron 847 vs Intel Atom N280

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron 847 and Intel Atom N280 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Celeron 847

Intel Atom N280

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 847

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100 vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 473 vs 234
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 479 vs 157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 June 2011 vs 1 February 2009
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum core temperature	100 vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	128 KB vs 56 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	473 vs 234
PassMark - CPU mark	479 vs 157

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom N280

Around 51% higher clock speed: 1.66 GHz vs 1.1 GHz
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 2.5 Watt vs 17 Watt

Maximum frequency	1.66 GHz vs 1.1 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2.5 Watt vs 17 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron 847
CPU 2: Intel Atom N280

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

473

234

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

479

157

Name	Intel Celeron 847	Intel Atom N280
PassMark - Single thread mark	473	234
PassMark - CPU mark	479	157
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	194
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	10.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	0.718

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron 847	Intel Atom N280
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Diamondville
Launch date	19 June 2011	1 February 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$315
Place in performance rating	3280	3272
Price now	$315
Processor Number	847	N280
Series	Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor	Legacy Intel Atom® Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	0.88
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.10 GHz	1.66 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	667 MHz FSB
Die size	131 mm	26 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	56 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100	90°C
Maximum frequency	1.1 GHz	1.66 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	504 million	47 million
Front-side bus (FSB)		667 MHz
VID voltage range		0.9V-1.1625V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	800 MHz
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Graphics interfaces
CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	2
SDVO
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	31.0mm x 24.0mm (BGA1023)	22mm x 22mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1023	PBGA437
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	2.5 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)