Athlon 64 X2 6000+ vs Atom Z520
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ outperforms Atom Z520 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 | 3730 | 3142 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.48 | 0.18 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | Windsor (2006−2007) |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (18 years ago) | August 2007 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $65 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom Z520 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.33 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 0.03 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 533.33 MT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 10 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512K |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 24.18 mm2 | 220 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | 227 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.75-1.1V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z520 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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 | AM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z520 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+. 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 Z520 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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 Z520 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.07 | 0.54 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 125 Watt |
Atom Z520 has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 6150% lower power consumption.
Athlon 64 X2 6000+, on the other hand, has a 671% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.
The AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z520 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom Z520 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is a desktop one.
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