Atom x5-Z8500 vs A8-3500M

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Aggregate performance score

A8-3500M
2011
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
0.88
+12.8%

A8-3500M outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by a moderate 13% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25612640
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency2.38no data
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.5 GHz1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.24 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size228 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFS1UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620Gno data
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Bootno data+
Identity Protection-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon HD 6620G (444 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 600 MHz)
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Graphics max frequencyno data600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data3840x2160
Max resolution over eDPno data2560x1600

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-3500M and Atom x5-Z8500.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data2
USB revisionno data3.0
Number of USB portsno data3

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.

A8-3500M 0.88
+12.8%
Atom x5-Z8500 0.78

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.

A8-3500M 1400
+13.3%
Atom x5-Z8500 1236

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.

A8-3500M 231
+38.3%
Atom x5-Z8500 167

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.

A8-3500M 620
+33.9%
Atom x5-Z8500 463

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.

A8-3500M 1586
+36%
Atom x5-Z8500 1166

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.

A8-3500M 5170
+45.1%
Atom x5-Z8500 3563

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.

A8-3500M 2256
+13.3%
Atom x5-Z8500 1991

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A8-3500M 2
+42.4%
Atom x5-Z8500 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.88 0.78
Integrated graphics card 0.88 0.77
Recency 14 June 2011 2 March 2015
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm

A8-3500M has a 12.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 14.3% faster integrated GPU.

Atom x5-Z8500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A8-3500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8500 in performance tests.


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