Atom, Athlon, or Nano? Energy-Savers Compared
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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| Name | Athlon 64 2000+ | Atom 230 | NanoL2100 |
| Clock Speed | 1000 MHz | 1600 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Code Name | Lima | Diamondville | Isaiah Centaur Technology |
| based on | AMD64 | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Cores | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| L1 Cache | 64+64 KB Data/InstructionCache | 32+24 KB Data/Instruction Cache | 64+64 KB data/Instruction Cache |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 512 KB | 1024 KB |
| 1 GHz | |||
| Interface | HyperTransport | FSB800 | FSB800, VIA V4 |
| Hyper Threading | no | yes | no |
| Instruction Sets | MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Cool’n’Quiet, AMD-V, Presidio | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3 |
| Buffer Overflow Protection | NX bit | XD bit | NX bit |
| On-Die Encryption | no | no | 128 bit AES |
| Die size | 77.2 mm² | 26 mm² | 63 mm² |
| Transistors | 122 million | 47 million | 94 million |
| Package | 940-pin socket AM2 PGA | 22x22 mm, 441-ball Micro-FCBGA | 21x21 mm, 400-ball Nano-BGA2 |
| Process Technology | 65 nm SOI | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| TDP | 8 W | 4 W | 25 W |
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