Atom x5-Z8300 vs Z3770

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Aggregate performance score

Atom Z3770
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 8 Watt
0.46
Atom x5-Z8300
2015
4 cores / 4 threads
0.51
+10.9%

Atom x5-Z8300 outperforms Atom Z3770 by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29342877
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno data5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency5.44no data
Architecture codenameBay Trail-T (2013−2014)Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date27 September 2013 (11 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$37no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300 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 speed1.46 GHz1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed2.39 GHz1.84 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketUTFCBGA1380UTFCBGA592
Power consumption (TDP)8 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++

Security technologies

Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection++
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300 are enumerated here.

VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size4 GB2 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth17.1 GB/s12.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 SeriesIntel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 500 MHz)
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHz500 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data1920x1080

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z3770 and Atom x5-Z8300.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data1
USB revisionno data3.0

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.

Atom Z3770 0.46
Atom x5-Z8300 0.51
+10.9%

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.

Atom Z3770 736
Atom x5-Z8300 817
+11%

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.

Atom Z3770 1189
+26.2%
Atom x5-Z8300 942

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.

Atom Z3770 3961
+35%
Atom x5-Z8300 2934

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.

Atom Z3770 2212
+30.8%
Atom x5-Z8300 1691

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.

Atom Z3770 26.55
+37.1%
Atom x5-Z8300 36.4

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.

Atom Z3770 0.9
+43.3%
Atom x5-Z8300 0.6

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.

Atom Z3770 898
+15.1%
Atom x5-Z8300 780

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.  

Atom Z3770 8
+9.6%
Atom x5-Z8300 7

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.  

Atom Z3770 40
+13.4%
Atom x5-Z8300 36

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Atom Z3770 3035
+38.8%
Atom x5-Z8300 2187

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Atom Z3770 981
+30.7%
Atom x5-Z8300 750

Geekbench 2

Atom Z3770 3085
+25.4%
Atom x5-Z8300 2461

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.46 0.51
Recency 27 September 2013 2 March 2015
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm

Atom x5-Z8300 has a 10.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Atom x5-Z8300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom Z3770 in performance tests.


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