E1-2100 vs Atom Z500

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Aggregate performance score

Atom Z500
2008, $45
1 core / 1 thread
0.14

E1-2100 outperforms Atom Z500 by an impressive 64% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking36253475
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomAMD E-Series
Power efficiency9.091.08
DesignerIntelAMD
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date2 April 2008 (18 years ago)23 May 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$45no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and E1-2100 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz1 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate400 MT/sno data
Multiplier8no data
L1 cache56 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB1024 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Die size24.18 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors47 Million1,178 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.80 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and E1-2100 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA441FT3
Power consumption (TDP)0.65 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and E1-2100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, BMI1, ABM, SVM, AES-NI
AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
AVX-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and E1-2100 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 E1-2100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and E1-2100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon HD 8210
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z500 and E1-2100 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom Z500 and E1-2100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-DirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and E1-2100.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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.

Atom Z500 0.14
E1-2100 0.23
+64.3%

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.

Atom Z500 115
E1-2100 106.95
+7.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.14 0.23
Recency 2 April 2008 23 May 2013
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm

E1-2100 has a 64% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 61% more advanced lithography process.

The AMD E1-2100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z500 in performance tests.

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