Atom D2550 vs x5-E8000
Primary details
Comparing Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2757 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 5x Intel Atom | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Cherry Trail (2015−2016) | Cedarview (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 8 February 2016 (8 years ago) | 5 January 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $39 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.86 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.04 GHz | 1.87 GHz |
| Multiplier | 10 | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550 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 |
| Socket | no data | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
| VT-i | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 6.4 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 4 |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 February 2016 | 5 January 2012 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 10 Watt |
Atom x5-E8000 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x5-E8000 and Atom D2550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Similar processor comparisons
We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.
