i7-12700H vs Atom Z550

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated392
Place by popularitynot in top-10047
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomAlder Lake-S
Power efficiencyno data34.59
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Alder Lake-H (2022)
Release date8 April 2009 (15 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H 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)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speed2 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier15no data
L1 cache56 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size26 mm2217 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistors47 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H 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)1
SocketPBGA441FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)2.4 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.4 GHz
Execution Unitsno data96

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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 Z550 381
i7-12700H 26131
+6759%

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 Z550 657
i7-12700H 8876
+1251%

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 Z550 980
i7-12700H 54647
+5476%

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 Z550 101.5
i7-12700H 3.3
+2976%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 14
Threads 2 20
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 45 Watt

Atom Z550 has 2150% lower power consumption.

i7-12700H, on the other hand, has 1300% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z550 and Core i7-12700H. We've got no test results to judge.


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