Atom x5-Z8350 vs Turion II M520
Aggregated performance score
General info
Comparing Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2679 | 2677 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | 5x Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Cherry Trail (2016) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (14 years ago) | 8 February 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Current price | $38 | $165 |
Technical specs
Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350 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 | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.44 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.92 GHz |
| Bus support | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | UTFCBGA592 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| SIPP | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| Secure Boot | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | 4 GB |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 12.8 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics |
| Max video memory | no data | 2 GB |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 500 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 12 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 1920x1080 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 1 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 |
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.
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%
Turion II M520 outperforms Atom x5-Z8350 by 117% 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%
Turion II M520 outperforms Atom x5-Z8350 by 26% 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%
Atom x5-Z8350 outperforms Turion II M520 by 8% 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%
Turion II M520 outperforms Atom x5-Z8350 by 7% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 8 February 2016 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
We couldn't decide between Turion II M520 and Atom x5-Z8350. The differences in performance seem too small.
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