Atom x5-Z8500 vs Ryzen 3 1200

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 1200
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.14
+418%

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by a whopping 418% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Atom x5-Z8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13272516
Place by popularity99not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.04no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 35x Intel Atom
Architecture codenameSummit Ridge (Zen)Cherry Trail (2016)
Release date27 July 2017 (6 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109no data
Current price$352 (3.2x MSRP)$191

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.1 GHz1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.24 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °C90 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Atom x5-Z8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2667 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAno data
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 1200 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 Ryzen 3 1200 and Atom x5-Z8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Atom x5-Z8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel HD Graphics
Max video memory-8 GB
Graphics max frequency-600 MHz
Execution Units-12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 1200 and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Atom x5-Z8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-3840x2160
Max resolution over eDP-2560x1600

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Atom x5-Z8500.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes202
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.

Ryzen 3 1200 4.14
+418%
Atom x5-Z8500 0.80

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 418% based on our aggregate 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 6407
+418%
Atom x5-Z8500 1236

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 418% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 988
+481%
Atom x5-Z8500 170

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 481% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 2848
+482%
Atom x5-Z8500 489

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 482% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 4178
+258%
Atom x5-Z8500 1166

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 258% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 13961
+292%
Atom x5-Z8500 3563

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 292% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 5419
+172%
Atom x5-Z8500 1991

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 172% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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%

Ryzen 3 1200 6
+317%
Atom x5-Z8500 1

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 317% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 480
+351%
Atom x5-Z8500 107

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 351% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 135
+280%
Atom x5-Z8500 36

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 280% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 1.53
+256%
Atom x5-Z8500 0.43

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 256% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 2.6
+306%
Atom x5-Z8500 0.6

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 306% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 2481
+185%
Atom x5-Z8500 872

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 185% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 33
+362%
Atom x5-Z8500 7

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 362% 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%

Ryzen 3 1200 160
+338%
Atom x5-Z8500 37

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Atom x5-Z8500 by 338% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.14 0.80
Recency 27 July 2017 2 March 2015

The Ryzen 3 1200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8500 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 3 1200 is a desktop processor while Atom x5-Z8500 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 1200 and Atom x5-Z8500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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