Phenom II X2 B53 vs Atom Z500
Aggregate performance score
Phenom II X2 B53 outperforms Atom Z500 by a whopping 357% 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 | 3566 | 2980 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.15 | 0.34 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | Callisto (2009−2010) |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (17 years ago) | 1 October 2009 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $45 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom Z500 and Phenom II X2 B53 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 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.8 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 400 MT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 8 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 24.18 mm2 | 258 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | 758 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.80 -1.1V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z500 and Phenom II X2 B53 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 |
| Socket | PBGA441 | AM3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 0.65 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Phenom II X2 B53. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | no data |
| 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 Phenom II X2 B53 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 Phenom II X2 B53 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Phenom II X2 B53. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and Phenom II X2 B53.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.14 | 0.64 |
| Recency | 2 April 2008 | 1 October 2009 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
Phenom II X2 B53 has a 357.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
The AMD Phenom II X2 B53 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom Z500 is a notebook processor while Phenom II X2 B53 is a desktop one.
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