Atom Z540 vs i7-13700
Aggregate performance score
Core i7-13700 outperforms Atom Z540 by a whopping 10175% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 328 | 3480 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 50.11 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 33.90 | 8.93 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024) | Silverthorne (2008−2010) |
| Release date | 4 January 2023 (2 years ago) | 2 April 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $384 | $160 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
i7-13700 and Atom Z540 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Performance-cores | 8 | no data |
| Efficient-cores | 8 | no data |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.86 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.2 GHz | 0.07 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 14 |
| L1 cache | 80K (per core) | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 30 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 257 mm2 | 24.18 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 90 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.75 -1.1V |
Compatibility
Information on Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1700 | PBGA441 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 2.4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| SIPP | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 192 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | - |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video HD | + | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.6 GHz | - |
| Execution Units | 32 | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 4 | - |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz | - |
| Max resolution over eDP | 5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz | - |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-13700 and Atom Z540.
| PCIe version | 5.0 and 4.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 20.55 | 0.20 |
| Recency | 4 January 2023 | 2 April 2008 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 1 |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 2 Watt |
i7-13700 has a 10175% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.
Atom Z540, on the other hand, has 3150% lower power consumption.
The Intel Core i7-13700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z540 in performance tests.
Note that Core i7-13700 is a desktop processor while Atom Z540 is a notebook one.
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