Atom Z515: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Atom Z515 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.14% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Atom Z515 sales 8 April 2009. This is a Silverthorne architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1200 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is PBGA441 processor with a TDP of 1.4 Watt. It supports unknown memory.
Primary details
Atom Z515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Place in the ranking | 3336 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Market segment | Laptop | |
Series | Intel Atom | |
Power efficiency | 20.38 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | |
Release date | 8 April 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
Threads | 1 | |
Base clock speed | 1.2 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
Boost clock speed | 1.2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
Bus type | FSB | |
Bus rate | 400 MT/s | |
Multiplier | 12 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
L1 cache | 56 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
Die size | 26 mm2 | |
Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
Number of transistors | 47 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
64 bit support | - | |
Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z515 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
Socket | PBGA441 | |
Power consumption (TDP) | 1.4 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom Z515. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | 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
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | - | |
EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
VT-d | - | |
VT-x | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Atom Z515's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
Supported memory types | unknown |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Atom Z515.
Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Atom Z515. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
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Passmark
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Atom Z515 is V-Series V105, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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