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Intel Atom Z540

The Intel Atom Z540 is a power saving netbook / MID single-core processor. Compared to the Atom N270, the Z540 supports Virtualization in hardware and got the Idle States and Demand Based Switching power saving functions. Futhermore, the Z540 is higher clocked but in contrary specified at a lower TDP rating.

The Atom core was designed for a low power consumption and cheap production. The downside is the relative low performance per Watt (due to the in-order execution) compared to similar clocked Celeron processors, e.g.. Still the integrated Hyper-Threading (the operating system sees the CPU as a dual core CPU) decreases the penalty of the in-order execution a bit.

The performance of the Z540 is only compareable to a 1.3 GHz clocked Celeron M and therfore only sufficient for non demanding applications like Office or web surfing. HD videos, advanced photo editing, video cutting may not run fluently. 

SeriesIntel Atom
CodenameSilverthorne
Series: Atom Silverthorne
Intel Atom Z560 (compare)2130 MHz1 / 2
Intel Atom Z550 (compare)2000 MHz1 / 2
» Intel Atom Z5401830 MHz1 / 2
Intel Atom 230 (compare)1600 MHz1 / 2
Intel Atom Z530 (compare)1600 MHz1 / 2
Intel Atom Z520 (compare)1333 MHz1 / 2
Intel Atom Z510 (compare)1100 MHz1 / 1
Intel Atom Z500 (compare)800 MHz1 / 1
Clock Rate1830 MHz
Front Side Bus533
Level 2 Cache512 KB
Number of Cores / Threads1 / 2
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)2 Watt
Transistor Count47 Million
Features45 nm0.75-1.1V
Die Size26 mm2
Max. Temperature90 °C
SocketPBGA441
FeaturesMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, HHT, VT-x, Idle States, Enhanced Speedstep, Demand Based Switching, Execute Disable Bit
Announcement Date03/01/2008
Product Link (external)Intel Atom Z540

Benchmarks

Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single 32Bit
min: 563     avg: 568     median: 568 (6%)     max: 573 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
min: 622     avg: 778     median: 778 (1%)     max: 934 Points
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wPrime 2.0x - 1024m *
3359 seconds (40%)
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wPrime 2.0x - 32m *
105.4 seconds (21%)
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3DMark 06 - CPU
369 Points (2%)
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 85     avg: 85.7     median: 85 (18%)     max: 86 Seconds
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 185     avg: 186.6     median: 186 (8%)     max: 188 Seconds
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M *
4192 Seconds (19%)
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SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
min: 4600     avg: 4650     median: 4650 (2%)     max: 4700 MIPS
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SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
min: 3936     avg: 3968     median: 3968 (3%)     max: 4000 MFLOPS
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PCMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
1547 Points (10%)
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Processor
min: 1     avg: 2.3     median: 2 (29%)     max: 2 points
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Acer Aspire One D260-23797 (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900, 10.1")
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Sony Vaio VGN-P31ZK (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, 8")
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Sony Vaio VPC-P11S1E/D (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, 8")
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Sony Vaio VPC-P11S1R/B (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, 8")
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Sony Vaio VPC-X113KGB (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, 11.1")
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Sony Vaio VPC-X11S1E/B (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, 11.1")
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Sony Vaio VPCP115KG (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, 8")
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Sony Vaio VPCP11S1E (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, 8")
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Sony Vaio VPCP11S1R/G (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, 8")
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Other CPUs of the series Intel Atom

» Intel Atom Z3795
   1.59 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3785
   1.49 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3775
   1.46 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3775D
   1.49 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3770
   1.46 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3770D
   1.5 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom x7-E3950
   1.6 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3845
   1.91 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3580
   2.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3736F
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3736G
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3745
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3745D
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3740
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3740D
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3735D
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3735E
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3735F
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3735G
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3680
   1.33 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3680D
   1.33 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3570
   2 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3560
   1.83 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3480
   2.13 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom C3440
   1.2 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3530
   1.33 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom D2700
   2.13 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom C3230RK
   1.1 GHz
» Intel Atom E3827
   1.75 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom N2850
   2 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z3460
   1.6 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom D2560
   2 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom D2550
   1.87 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom N2800
   1.86 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3826
   1.46 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z2760
   1.8 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom D525
   1.8 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom N2650
   1.73 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3825
   1.33 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3805
   1.33 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom N570
   1.66 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom N2600
   1.6 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom 330
   1.6 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom N550
   1.5 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom D2500
   1.87 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z2580
   1.3 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z2560
   0.93 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z560
   2.13 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z550
   2 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom C3130
   1 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z2480
   2 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3815
   1.46 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N475
   1.86 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N470
   1.86 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z540
   1.83 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N455
   1.66 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N450
   1.66 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N280
   1.66 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom 230
   1.6 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z530
   1.6 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N270
   1.6 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z670
   1.5 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z2460
   1.3 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N435
   1.33 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N435
   1.33 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z520
   1.33 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z2420
   1.2 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z510
   1.1 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z2000
   1 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom Z500
   0.8 GHz / 0.5 MB L2

Surrounding CPUs

- Qualcomm Snapdragon 205
   1.1 GHz / 0 MB
- Intel Atom Z2480
   2 GHz / 0.5 MB
- Intel Atom E3815
   1.46 GHz / 0.5 MB
- Intel Atom N475
   1.86 GHz / 0.5 MB
- Intel Atom N470
   1.86 GHz / 0.5 MB
» Intel Atom Z540
   1.83 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
+ Motorola PowerPC G4 G4 1.3
   1.33 GHz / 512 KB
+ VIA Nano U2250
   1.5 GHz / 1024 KB
+ Intel Atom N455
   1.66 GHz / 512 KB
+ Intel Atom N450
   1.66 GHz / 512 KB
+ Intel Atom N280
   1.66 GHz / 512 KB
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2012-05-26)