Xeon E5507 vs Atom Z500
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5507 outperforms Atom Z500 by a whopping 671% 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 | 3583 | 2631 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.04 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | 23.09 | 1.45 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | Gainestown (2009−2010) |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (17 years ago) | 16 March 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $45 | $457 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Atom Z500 and Xeon E5507 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.26 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.8 GHz | 0.27 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 400 MT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 8 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 24.18 mm2 | 263 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 76 °C |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | 731 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.80 -1.1V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z500 and Xeon E5507 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 | FCLGA1366 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 0.65 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Xeon E5507. 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 | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | + |
| PAE | no data | 40 Bit |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Atom Z500 and Xeon E5507 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 E5507 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and Xeon E5507. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 144 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 3 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 19.2 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and Xeon E5507.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.14 | 1.08 |
| Recency | 2 April 2008 | 16 March 2010 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
Xeon E5507 has a 671.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
The Intel Xeon E5507 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom Z500 is a notebook processor while Xeon E5507 is a server/workstation one.
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