Atom Z540 vs Z550

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Aggregate performance score

Atom Z550
2009
1 core / 2 threads, 2 Watt
0.24
+9.1%
Atom Z540
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 2 Watt
0.22

Atom Z550 outperforms Atom Z540 by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z550 and Atom Z540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31773199
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Atom
Power efficiency9.468.67
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date8 April 2009 (15 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$160

Detailed specifications

Atom Z550 and Atom Z540 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2 GHz1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz0.07 GHz
Bus typeFSBFSB
Bus rate533.33 MT/s533.33 MT/s
Multiplier1514
L1 cache56 KB (per core)56 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size26 mm224.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
Number of transistors47 million47 Million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.75 -1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z550 and Atom Z540 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPBGA441PBGA441
Power consumption (TDP)2.4 Watt2.4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z550 and Atom Z540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching++
FSB parity--

Security technologies

Atom Z550 and Atom Z540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z550 and Atom Z540 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z550 and Atom Z540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom Z550 0.24
+9.1%
Atom Z540 0.22

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.

Atom Z550 381
+9.5%
Atom Z540 348

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.

Atom Z550 657
+15.7%
Atom Z540 568

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.

Atom Z550 980
+26%
Atom Z540 778

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.

Atom Z550 101.5
+3.8%
Atom Z540 105.4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.24 0.22
Recency 8 April 2009 2 April 2008

Atom Z550 has a 9.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Atom Z550 and Atom Z540.


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