Athlon 3000G vs Atom Z500

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z500 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1584
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	10.86
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Zen+ (2018−2020)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	21 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	$49
Current price	$702 (15.6x MSRP)	$110 (2.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and Athlon 3000G 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	4
Base clock speed	no data	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus support	400 MT/s	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	24.18 mm27.8 mm × 3.1 mm	209.78 mm2?
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and Athlon 3000G 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 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PBGA441	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
PowerNow	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and Athlon 3000G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB?
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	21 November 2019
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	4
Cost	$45	$49
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm

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