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| 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 |
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
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Atom N280 | vs | G G-T56N |
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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 |
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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 |
Intel Atom N280 ![]() | AMD G G-T56N ![]() |
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