Atom x5-Z8330 vs Athlon II N350

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2867
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	5x Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Airmont (2016)
Release date	4 October 2010 (14 years ago)	8 February 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330 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	2.4 GHz	1.92 GHz
Bus rate	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	117.5 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	234 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330 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	S1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
AES-NI	-	+
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Security technologies

Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Identity Protection

-

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-RS 1600
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.

Graphics max frequency	no data	500 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II N350 and Atom x5-Z8330.

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 October 2010	8 February 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm

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