Xeon 5080 vs Atom Z500

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z500 and Xeon 5080 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Dempsey (2006)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	23 May 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	no data
Current price	$702 (15.6x MSRP)	$161

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and Xeon 5080 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	3.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	0.07 GHz
Bus support	400 MT/s	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	24.18 mm27.8 mm × 3.1 mm	2x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	78 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	376 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	1.075V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and Xeon 5080 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)	2
Socket	PBGA441	PLGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Xeon 5080. 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)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	-
FSB parity	-	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and Xeon 5080 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and Xeon 5080 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Xeon 5080. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	23 May 2006
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm

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