Intel Atom Z520: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Atom Z520 sales 2 April 2008 at a recommended price of $65. This is a Silverthorne architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 33 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is PBGA441 processor with a TDP of 2 Watt.
We have no data on Atom Z520 benchmark results.
General info
Atom Z520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Atom | |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (16 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $65 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $217 (3.3x MSRP) | of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.33 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 0.03 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus support | 533.33 MT/s | |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 98304 (EPYC 9654) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 24.18 mm27.8 mm × 3.1 mm | |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | |
| VID voltage range | 0.75-1.1V |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z520 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | PBGA441 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom Z520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Demand Based Switching | + | |
| FSB parity | - | |
| Status | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | - | |
| VT-x | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Atom Z520.
| Integrated graphics card | - |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Atom Z520. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
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Recommended GPUs
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