Atom Z550 vs A6-7000

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

Comparing A6-7000 and Atom Z550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2756not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriIntel Atom
Power efficiency3.54no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date1 June 2014 (10 years ago)8 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-7000 and Atom Z550 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cacheno data56 KB (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data26 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6-7000 and Atom Z550 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3PBGA441
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt2.4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7000 and Atom Z550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data+
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

A6-7000 and Atom Z550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7000 and Atom Z550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7000 and Atom Z550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3unknown
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R4 GraphicsOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
iGPU core count3no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7000 and Atom Z550 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7000 and Atom Z550 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7000 and Atom Z550.

PCIe version3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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.

A6-7000 1010
+165%
Atom Z550 381

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2014 8 April 2009
Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 2 Watt

A6-7000 has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.

Atom Z550, on the other hand, has 750% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A6-7000 and Atom Z550. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between A6-7000 and Atom Z550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD A6-7000
A6-7000
Intel Atom Z550
Atom Z550

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


2.6 14 votes

Rate A6-7000 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 4 votes

Rate Atom Z550 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about A6-7000 or Atom Z550, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.