Atom Z2560 vs A6-5200
Aggregate performance score
A6-5200 outperforms Atom Z2560 by a whopping 352% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2719 | 3471 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.08 | 7.52 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | Clovertrail (2013) |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (12 years ago) | 27 February 2013 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-5200 and Atom Z2560 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 65 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 90 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 140 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A6-5200 and Atom Z2560 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 |
| Socket | FT3 | FC-MB4760 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 3 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-5200 and Atom Z2560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | FMA4 | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| Smart Idle | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-5200 and Atom Z2560 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-5200 and Atom Z2560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1600 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 8.5 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8400 | PowerVR SGX544MP2 (400 MHz) |
| จำนวนพาธไลน์ | 128 | no data |
| Enduro | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A6-5200 and Atom Z2560 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A6-5200 and Atom Z2560 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | no data |
| Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-5200 and Atom Z2560.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0 OTG, USB-SPH 2.0 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 2 |
| UART | no data | 3 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core
Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core
Geekbench 2
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.95 | 0.21 |
| Recency | 23 May 2013 | 27 February 2013 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 3 Watt |
A6-5200 has a 352.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, 100% more physical cores, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
Atom Z2560, on the other hand, has 733.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD A6-5200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z2560 in performance tests.
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