Atom Z2560 vs PRO A8-9600B

Primary details

Comparing PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2072	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Bristol Ridge	no data
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Clovertrail (2013)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	27 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	no data	$117

Detailed specifications

PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560 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	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	250 mm2	65 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	140 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560 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	no data	1
Socket	FP4	FC-MB4760
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Dual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI	1	-
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	no data
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	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	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
PAE	no data	32 Bit
Smart Idle	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	no data
VT-x	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4-1866	DDR2
Maximum memory size	no data	2 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	8.5 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	PowerVR SGX544MP2 (400 MHz)
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A8-9600B and Atom Z2560.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	no data
USB revision	no data	2.0 OTG, USB-SPH 2.0
Number of USB ports	no data	2
UART	no data	3

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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2016	27 February 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	3 Watt

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