Intel Atom E620 vs AMD Athlon II X4 620 |
Released September, 2010
Intel Atom E620
- 0.6 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Intel Atom E620
 | Much lower typical power consumption 2.68W | | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
| | Much lower annual home energy cost 0.79 $/year | | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 2.89 $/year |
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Released September, 2009
AMD Athlon II X4 620
- 2.6 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X4 620
| | Much higher clock speed 2.6 GHz | | Much more l2 cache 2 MB |
| | More advanced architecture x86-64 | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.5 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 2.68W | vs | 159W | 59.3x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 0.79 $/year | vs | 59.83 $/year | 75.3x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 2.89 $/year | vs | 153.3 $/year | 53x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Newer | Sep, 2010 | vs | Sep, 2009 | Release date a year later | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 2.6 GHz | vs | 0.6 GHz | More than 4.2x higher clock speed | |||
| Much more l2 cache | 2 MB | vs | 0.5 MB | 4x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| More advanced architecture | x86-64 | vs | x86 | A 64-bit architecture allows more RAM to be installed and accessed by the processor | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.5 GHz | vs | 0.6 GHz | More than 5.8x better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.6 GHz | vs | 0.6 GHz | More than 4.2x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Features Key features of the Atom E620 vs Athlon II X4 620
clock speed
L2 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Atom E620 | vs | Athlon II X4 620 |
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| Clock speed | 0.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Quad core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 3.3W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 0.79 $/year | 59.83 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 2.89 $/year | 153.3 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 2.68W | 159W | |
details | Atom E620 | vs | Athlon II X4 620 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 0.75 - 0.9V | 0.93 - 1.43V | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 0.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 0.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 0.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | None | |
| Label | Integrated | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | 320 MHz | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 2,500 MHz | 2,000 MHz | |
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