Core 2 Duo L7100 vs Atom x5-Z8300

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8300 and Core 2 Duo L7100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2859not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel AtomCore 2 Duo
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date2 March 2015 (9 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8300 and Core 2 Duo L7100 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.44 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.84 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8300 and Core 2 Duo L7100 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)no data
SocketUTFCBGA592no data
Power consumption (TDP)no data17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Core 2 Duo L7100. 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 Core 2 Duo L7100 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 Core 2 Duo L7100 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Core 2 Duo L7100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size2 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data
Maximum memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphicsno data
Max video memory2 GBno data
Graphics max frequency500 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8300 and Core 2 Duo L7100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Core 2 Duo L7100 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 Core 2 Duo L7100.

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.

Atom x5-Z8300 814
+74.3%
Core 2 Duo L7100 467

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 x5-Z8300 942
Core 2 Duo L7100 1290
+36.9%

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 x5-Z8300 2934
+27.9%
Core 2 Duo L7100 2294

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
+69.9%
Core 2 Duo L7100 995

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm

Atom x5-Z8300 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

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