Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 vs Atom x5-Z8300

Place in the ranking	2878	3059
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	5x Intel Atom	2x Athlon 64
Power efficiency	no data	1.07
Architecture codename	Cherry Trail (2015−2016)	Hawk-256
Release date	2 March 2015 (9 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.44 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.84 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus rate	no data	667 MHz
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 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)	no data
Socket	UTFCBGA592	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Boot	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	2 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 500 MHz)	no data
Max video memory	2 GB	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4

1920x1080

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	1	no data
USB revision	3.0	no data

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 x5-Z8300 0.51
+45.7%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 0.35

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 x5-Z8300 817
+46.4%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 558

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Atom x5-Z8300 131

Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 167
+27.5%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Atom x5-Z8300 355
+15.6%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 307

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.

Atom x5-Z8300 1691
+42.5%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1187

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 x5-Z8300 36.4
+29.9%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 47.3

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.51	0.35
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm

Atom x5-Z8300 has a 45.7% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Atom x5-Z8300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.