Atom Z3740 vs x5-Z8300

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Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2741not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2016)Bay Trail-T (2013−2014)
Release date2 March 2015 (9 years ago)27 September 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$32
Current price$197 $233 (7.3x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.44 GHz1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed1.84 GHz1.86 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740 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
SocketUTFCBGA592UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)no data2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Boot+no data
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection++
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740 are enumerated here.

VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size2 GB4 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s17.1 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Max video memory2 GBno data
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency500 MHz667 MHz
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x1080no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Atom Z3740.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes1no data
USB revision3.0no 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.


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%

Atom x5-Z8300 814
+28.4%
Atom Z3740 634

x5-Z8300 outperforms Z3740 by 28% in Passmark.

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%

Atom x5-Z8300 942
Atom Z3740 963
+2.2%

Z3740 outperforms x5-Z8300 by 2% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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%

Atom x5-Z8300 2934
Atom Z3740 3380
+15.2%

Z3740 outperforms x5-Z8300 by 15% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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%

Atom x5-Z8300 1691
Atom Z3740 1838
+8.7%

Z3740 outperforms x5-Z8300 by 9% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Atom x5-Z8300 36.4
Atom Z3740 29
+25.5%

x5-Z8300 outperforms Z3740 by 26% in wPrime 32.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x5-Z8300 0.6
Atom Z3740 0.7
+21.7%

Z3740 outperforms x5-Z8300 by 22% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x5-Z8300 780
Atom Z3740 1569
+101%

Z3740 outperforms x5-Z8300 by 101% in WinRAR 4.0.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Atom x5-Z8300 2187
Atom Z3740 2617
+19.7%

Z3740 outperforms x5-Z8300 by 20% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Atom x5-Z8300 750
Atom Z3740 792
+5.6%

Z3740 outperforms x5-Z8300 by 6% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Atom x5-Z8300 2461
Atom Z3740 2592
+5.3%

Z3740 outperforms x5-Z8300 by 5% in Geekbench 2.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 March 2015 27 September 2013
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm

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