Intel Atom x5-Z8300 vs Core 2 Duo T5850

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2701
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duo5x Intel Atom
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Cherry Trail (2016)
Release date1 October 2008 (15 years old)2 March 2015 (9 years old)
Current price$9.28 $197

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.84 GHz
Bus support667 MHzno data
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataUTFCBGA592
Power consumption (TDP)34 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Bootno data+
Identity Protectionno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Graphics max frequencyno data500 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data1920x1080

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and Atom x5-Z8300.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data1
USB revisionno data3.0

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%

Core 2 Duo T5850 687
Atom x5-Z8300 814
+18.5%

Atom x5-Z8300 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5850 by 18% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo T5850 267
+102%
Atom x5-Z8300 132

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 102% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo T5850 467
+28.7%
Atom x5-Z8300 363

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 29% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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%

Core 2 Duo T5850 2161
+129%
Atom x5-Z8300 942

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 129% 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%

Core 2 Duo T5850 3997
+36.2%
Atom x5-Z8300 2934

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 36% 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%

Core 2 Duo T5850 1768
+4.6%
Atom x5-Z8300 1691

Core 2 Duo T5850 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by 5% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 October 2008 2 March 2015
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm

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