Intel Atom x5-Z8500 vs AMD E2-9010

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Combined performance score

E2-9010
0.71

Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms E2-9010 by 13% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25542465
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridge5x Intel Atom
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Cherry Trail (2016)
Release date1 June 2016 (7 years old)2 March 2015 (9 years old)
Current price$561 $191

Technical specs

E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500 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 speed2 GHz1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.24 GHz
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size124.5 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
Number of transistors1200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500 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)
SocketFP4UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)10-15 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSingle-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,no data
AES-NI1+
FMAFMA4no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
PowerNow-no data
PowerGating-no data
Out-of-band client management-no data
VirusProtect-no data
RAID-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500 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 E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-xno data+
IOMMU 2.0-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R2 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics
iGPU core count2no data
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data
Graphics max frequencyno data600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data3840x2160
Max resolution over eDPno data2560x1600

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E2-9010 and Atom x5-Z8500.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes82
USB revisionno data3.0
Number of USB portsno data3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

E2-9010 0.71
Atom x5-Z8500 0.80
+12.7%

Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms E2-9010 by 13% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

E2-9010 1093
Atom x5-Z8500 1236
+13.1%

Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms E2-9010 by 13% in Passmark.

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%

E2-9010 1871
+60.5%
Atom x5-Z8500 1166

E2-9010 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 60% 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%

E2-9010 3268
Atom x5-Z8500 3563
+9%

Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms E2-9010 by 9% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

E2-9010 1
Atom x5-Z8500 1
+16.8%

Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms E2-9010 by 17% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

E2-9010 91
Atom x5-Z8500 107
+17%

Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms E2-9010 by 17% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

E2-9010 53
+49.3%
Atom x5-Z8500 36

E2-9010 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 49% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

E2-9010 0.64
+48.8%
Atom x5-Z8500 0.43

E2-9010 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 49% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

E2-9010 0.8
+17.2%
Atom x5-Z8500 0.6

E2-9010 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 17% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

E2-9010 769
Atom x5-Z8500 872
+13.4%

Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms E2-9010 by 13% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

E2-9010 39
+7.2%
Atom x5-Z8500 37

E2-9010 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 7% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

E2-9010 7
+2.8%
Atom x5-Z8500 7

E2-9010 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 3% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

E2-9010 1415
+64.8%
Atom x5-Z8500 859

E2-9010 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 65% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

E2-9010 2348
Atom x5-Z8500 2455
+4.5%

Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms E2-9010 by 5% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.71 0.80
Recency 1 June 2016 2 March 2015
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

The Atom x5-Z8500 is our recommended choice as it beats the E2-9010 in performance tests.


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