Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Atom Z520
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 3800XT outperforms Atom Z520 by a whopping 18900% 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 | 3686 | 630 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 17.47 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Atom | AMD Ryzen 7 |
| Power efficiency | 3.75 | 13.57 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (17 years ago) | 7 July 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $65 | $399 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Atom Z520 and Ryzen 7 3800XT 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 1.33 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.03 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 533.33 MT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 10 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm, 12 nm |
| Die size | 24.18 mm2 | 74 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 95 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | 3,800 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
| VID voltage range | 0.75-1.1V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z520 and Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 105 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z520 and Ryzen 7 3800XT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| 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 |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Atom Z520 and Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 Z520 and Ryzen 7 3800XT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 51.196 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z520 and Ryzen 7 3800XT.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
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.
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.
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.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.07 | 13.30 |
| Recency | 2 April 2008 | 7 July 2020 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 105 Watt |
Atom Z520 has 5150% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 7 3800XT, on the other hand, has a 18900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z520 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom Z520 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 3800XT is a desktop one.
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