Atom x5-E8000 vs A4-3300M

Place in the ranking	2670	2804
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency	2.03	11.55
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	8 February 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$39

Detailed specifications

A4-3300M and Atom x5-E8000 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	1.04 GHz
Multiplier	no data	10
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	228 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-3300M and Atom x5-E8000 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FS1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3300M and Atom x5-E8000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G	no data
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3300M and Atom x5-E8000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3300M and Atom x5-E8000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon HD 6480G (444 MHz)

Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (320 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-3300M and Atom x5-E8000.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A4-3300M 0.75
+23%

Atom x5-E8000 0.61

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-3300M 1186
+23.3%

Atom x5-E8000 962

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A4-3300M 228
+52%

Atom x5-E8000 150

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A4-3300M 392

Atom x5-E8000 413
+5.4%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A4-3300M 1742
+91.4%

Atom x5-E8000 910

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A4-3300M 3417
+6.2%

Atom x5-E8000 3219

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A4-3300M 1556

Atom x5-E8000 1704
+9.5%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A4-3300M 40.2

Atom x5-E8000 34.57
+16.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.75	0.61
Integrated graphics card	0.66	0.77
Recency	14 June 2011	8 February 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	5 Watt

A4-3300M has a 23% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom x5-E8000, on the other hand, has 16.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

The A4-3300M is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-E8000 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-3300M and Atom x5-E8000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.