Intel Atom N280 vs AMD G G-T56N |
Released January, 2009
Intel Atom N280
- 1.66 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Intel Atom N280
 | Much better performance per watt 10.19 pt/W | | Lower typical power consumption 2.03W |
| | Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 1.88 GHz | | Lower annual home energy cost 0.6 $/year |
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Released January, 2011
AMD G G-T56N
- 1.6 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD G G-T56N
| | Much better geekbench 3 AES single core score 53,850 MB/s | | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
| | More l2 cache 1 MB | | Has virtualization support Yes |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better performance per watt | 10.19 pt/W | vs | 2.86 pt/W | More than 3.5x better performance per watt | |||
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| Lower typical power consumption | 2.03W | vs | 14.63W | 7.2x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.88 GHz | vs | 1.66 GHz | Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Lower annual home energy cost | 0.6 $/year | vs | 4.34 $/year | 7.2x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Lower annual commercial energy cost | 2.19 $/year | vs | 15.77 $/year | 7.2x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Much better geekbench 3 AES single core score | 53,850 MB/s | vs | 25,750 MB/s | More than 2x better geekbench 3 AES single core score | |||
| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| More l2 cache | 1 MB | vs | 0.5 MB | 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 40 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score | 1,209 | vs | 536 | More than 2.2x better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score | |||
| Newer | Jan, 2011 | vs | Jan, 2009 | Release date over 2 years later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Atom N280 vs G G-T56N
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Atom N280 | vs | G G-T56N |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.66 GHz | 1.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Dual core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | No | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| AMD64 | |||
| AMD-V | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 2.5W | 18W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 0.6 $/year | 4.34 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 2.19 $/year | 15.77 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 10.19 pt/W | 2.86 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 2.03W | 14.63W | |
details | Atom N280 | vs | G G-T56N |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 40 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 10 | 8 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 1.88 GHz | 1.66 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.67 GHz | 1.65 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.88 GHz | 1.66 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | AMD Radeon HD 6310HD 6320 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 500 MHz | |
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