Athlon Silver 3050U vs Atom x7-Z8700

Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2569	1966
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	7x Intel Atom	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency	no data	11.91
Architecture codename	Cherry Trail (2015−2016)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	2 March 2015 (9 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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	1.6 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Multiplier	16	23
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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	UTFCBGA1380	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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 x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Graphics max frequency	600 MHz	no data
Execution Units	16	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	3840x2160	no data
Max resolution over eDP	2560x1600	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	2	12
USB revision	3.0	no data
Number of USB ports	3	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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.87	1.96
Recency	2 March 2015	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2

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