Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs Atom x5-Z8350

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Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2817not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date8 February 2016 (8 years ago)31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 speed1.92 GHz2 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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
SocketUTFCBGA592939
Power consumption (TDP)no data89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types4 GBDDR1
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 GraphicsOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Max video memory2 GBno data
Graphics max frequency500 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x1080no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+.

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-Z8350 892
+40.9%
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 633

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 February 2016 31 May 2005
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm

Atom x5-Z8350 has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom x5-Z8350 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is a desktop one.


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