Atom x5-Z8500 vs Pentium Gold 4415Y
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by a substantial 30% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2334 | 2507 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold | 5x Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) | Cherry Trail (2016) |
| Release date | 21 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 2 March 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | no data |
| Current price | $548 (3.4x MSRP) | $191 |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.44 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.24 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 90 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA1515 | UTFCBGA1380 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| My WiFi | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| SIPP | - | no data |
| Smart Response | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Boot | no data | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | no data | + |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 29.8 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics 615 | Intel HD Graphics |
| Max video memory | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 850 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 12 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
| DVI | + | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2304@24Hz | 3840x2160 |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2304@60Hz | 2560x1600 |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 10 | 2 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 |
| Number of USB ports | 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.
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.
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 30% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 116% 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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 57% 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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 36% 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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 54% 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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 83% 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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 74% 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%
Atom x5-Z8500 outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 540% 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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 67% in WinRAR 4.0.
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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 52% in x264 encoding pass 2.
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%
Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 59% in x264 encoding pass 1.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.04 | 0.80 |
| Recency | 21 April 2017 | 2 March 2015 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
The Pentium Gold 4415Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8500 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 4415Y and Atom x5-Z8500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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