Atom x7-Z8700 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.49
+422%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by a whopping 422% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking12592458
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 57x Intel Atom
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+)Cherry Trail (2016)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Current price$672 $377

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700 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)
SocketFP5UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX+no data
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700 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 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)Intel HD Graphics
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Graphics max frequencyno data600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Atom x7-Z8700.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes122
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 5 3500U 4.49
+422%
Atom x7-Z8700 0.86

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 422% 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 5 3500U 6950
+422%
Atom x7-Z8700 1331

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 422% 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 5 3500U 860
+383%
Atom x7-Z8700 178

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 383% 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 5 3500U 2455
+379%
Atom x7-Z8700 513

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 379% 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 5 3500U 4558
+309%
Atom x7-Z8700 1114

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 309% 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 5 3500U 17231
+453%
Atom x7-Z8700 3116

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 453% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88
+90.3%
Atom x7-Z8700 24.51

Atom x7-Z8700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 90% in wPrime 32.

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 5 3500U 8
+505%
Atom x7-Z8700 1

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 505% 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 5 3500U 650
+460%
Atom x7-Z8700 116

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 460% 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 5 3500U 143
+281%
Atom x7-Z8700 38

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 281% 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 5 3500U 1.65
+302%
Atom x7-Z8700 0.41

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 302% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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 5 3500U 39
+281%
Atom x7-Z8700 10

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 281% 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 5 3500U 135
+165%
Atom x7-Z8700 51

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 165% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 3500U 13040
+295%
Atom x7-Z8700 3300

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 295% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 3500U 3443
+255%
Atom x7-Z8700 970

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 255% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 3500U 11917
+248%
Atom x7-Z8700 3427

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by 248% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.49 0.86
Recency 6 January 2019 2 March 2015
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-Z8700 in performance tests.


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