Atom Z520 vs Z500

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z500 and Atom Z520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	$65

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and Atom Z520 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	1 (Single-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	no data	1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	0.03 GHz
Bus type	FSB	FSB
Bus rate	400 MT/s	533.33 MT/s
Multiplier	8	10
L1 cache	56 KB	56 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	24.18 mm2	24.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	47 Million
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	0.75-1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and Atom Z520 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PBGA441	PBGA441
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and Atom Z520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	+	+
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and Atom Z520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and Atom Z520 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	-
VT-x	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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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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