Intel Atom S1269 vs C2538 |
Released December, 2012
Intel Atom S1269
- 1.6 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Atom S1269
 | Slightly lower typical power consumption 9.51W | | Slightly lower annual home energy cost 2.82 $/year |
| | Slightly lower annual commercial energy cost 10.25 $/year |
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Released July, 2013
Intel Atom C2538
- 2.4 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the C2538
| | Much higher clock speed 2.4 GHz | | More cores 4 |
| | Has a NX bit Yes | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.4 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Slightly lower typical power consumption | 9.51W | vs | 12.19W | More than 20% lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Slightly lower annual home energy cost | 2.82 $/year | vs | 3.61 $/year | More than 20% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Slightly lower annual commercial energy cost | 10.25 $/year | vs | 13.14 $/year | More than 20% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 2.4 GHz | vs | 1.6 GHz | Around 50% higher clock speed | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.4 GHz | vs | 1.6 GHz | Around 50% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Supports more RAM | 65,536 MB | vs | 8,192 MB | Supports 8x more RAM | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.4 GHz | vs | 1.6 GHz | Around 50% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| Newer | Jul, 2013 | vs | Dec, 2012 | Release date 6 months later | |||
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Features Key features of the Atom S1269 vs C2538
clock speed
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
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Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Atom S1269 | vs | C2538 |
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| Clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | No | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | No | No | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 11.7W | 15W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 2.82 $/year | 3.61 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 10.25 $/year | 13.14 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 9.51W | 12.19W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
details | Atom S1269 | vs | C2538 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Single Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 10,666.66 MB/s | 12,800 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 8,192 MB | 65,536 MB | |
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