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Atom N450 vs Core Duo T2450


Description
The N450 is based on Bonnell architecture while the T2450 is based on Mobile.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the N450 gets a score of 4.6 k points while the T2450 gets 11.4 k points.

Summarizing, the T2450 is 2.5 times faster than the N450 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
106ca
6ec
Core
Pineview
Yonah
Architecture
Bonnell
Base frecuency
1.667 GHz
2 GHz
Socket
BGA 559
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
Cores/Threads
1 /2
2/2
TDP
6 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
64 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
512 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
kB
Date
December 2009
Mean monothread perf.
3.42k points
6.49k points
Mean multithread perf.
4.58k points
11.37k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
N450
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
0.37k
1.04k (x2.81)
Test#2 (FP)
0.77k
1.85k (x2.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
0.79k
1.76k (x2.23)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.63k
0.97k (x1.55)
TOTAL
2.55k
5.62k (x2.2)

Multithread

N450

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
0.56k
1.78k (x3.16)
Test#2 (FP)
1.25k
3.51k (x2.8)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.09k
3.05k (x2.81)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.64k
0.94k (x1.45)
TOTAL
3.55k
9.28k (x2.62)

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
N450
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.08k
1.81k (x1.68)
Test#2 (FP)
0.84k
1.96k (x2.34)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
0.94k
1.81k (x1.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.56k
0.9k (x1.61)
TOTAL
3.42k
6.49k (x1.9)

Multithread

N450

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.32k
3.41k (x2.58)
Test#2 (FP)
1.33k
3.89k (x2.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.29k
3.1k (x2.39)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.63k
0.97k (x1.55)
TOTAL
4.58k
11.37k (x2.48)

Performance/W
N450
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
220 points/W