PRO A12-9830B vs Atom Z500

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomAMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$45no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed0.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate400 MT/sno data
Multiplier8no data
L1 cache56 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB2048 KB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Die size24.18 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
Number of transistors47 Million3100 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.80 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketPBGA441FP4
Power consumption (TDP)0.65 Watt25-45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
AVX-AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3, DDR4
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count-8
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-DirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and PRO A12-9830B.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 1 June 2016
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm

PRO A12-9830B has an age advantage of 8 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.

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