Intel Atom N2800 vs AMD A10-9700

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Atom N2800 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-9700
Intel Atom N2800 AMD A10-9700

CPU comparison

Intel Atom N2800 or AMD A10-9700 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Atom N2800 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.86 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Atom N2800 was released in Q4/2011.

The AMD A10-9700 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-9700 was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Atom (108) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Atom N2000 (3) CPU group AMD A10-9700 (1)
3 Generation 7
Cedarview Architecture Excavator (Bristol Ridge)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom N2800 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom N2800 is 1.86 GHz while the AMD A10-9700 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-9700 is at 3.50 GHz (3.80 GHz).

Intel Atom N2800 Characteristic AMD A10-9700
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.86 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Atom N2800 Characteristic AMD A10-9700
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Atom N2800 or AMD A10-9700 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel GMA 3600 GPU AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 1.03 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 6
65 nm Technology 28 nm
2 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 6
32 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
1 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
10.1 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel GMA 3600 GPU AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom N2800 can use up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 8.6 GB/s. The AMD A10-9700 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Atom N2800 Characteristic AMD A10-9700
DDR3-1066 Memory DDR4-2400
4 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
8.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
1.00 MB L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Atom N2800 is 6.5 W, while the AMD A10-9700 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Atom N2800 Characteristic AMD A10-9700
6.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 45 W
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Atom N2800 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The AMD A10-9700 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Atom N2800 Characteristic AMD A10-9700
32 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
BGA 559 Socket AM4 (PGA 1331)
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2011 Release date Q3/2017
50 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Atom N2800 (17%)
AMD A10-9700 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Atom N2800 (14%)
AMD A10-9700 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
110 (20%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
556 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
305 (17%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1745 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
89 (13%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
705 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
224 (13%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1744 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
Intel GMA 3600 @ 0.40 GHz
26 (3%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) @ 1.03 GHz
787 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
438 (12%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3660 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
596 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1844 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
231 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
716 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
762 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
92 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom N2800 Intel Atom N2800
2C 4T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
303 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom N2800 AMD A10-9700
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