Athlon II Neo K125 vs Atom x5-Z8350

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x5-Z8350
2016
4 cores / 4 threads
0.56
+180%
Athlon II Neo K125
2010
1 core / 1 thread, 12 Watt
0.20

Atom x5-Z8350 outperforms Athlon II Neo K125 by a whopping 180% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28383235
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel AtomAMD Athlon II Neo
Power efficiencyno data1.58
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Geneva (2010)
Release date8 February 2016 (8 years ago)12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.44 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.92 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data2000 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125 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
SocketUTFCBGA592S1
Power consumption (TDP)no data12 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3dDNow!, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
AES-NI+-
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Boot+no data
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types4 GBDDR3
Maximum memory size2 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data
Maximum memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 500 MHz)no data
Max video memory2 GBno data
Graphics max frequency500 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x1080no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon II Neo K125.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes1no data
USB revision3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom x5-Z8350 0.56
+180%
Athlon II Neo K125 0.20

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 x5-Z8350 892
+183%
Athlon II Neo K125 315

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.

Atom x5-Z8350 136
Athlon II Neo K125 184
+35.3%

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.

Atom x5-Z8350 369
+101%
Athlon II Neo K125 184

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 x5-Z8350 903
Athlon II Neo K125 1491
+65.2%

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 x5-Z8350 36.2
+151%
Athlon II Neo K125 90.7

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Atom x5-Z8350 1
+162%
Athlon II Neo K125 0

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.56 0.20
Recency 8 February 2016 12 May 2010
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm

Atom x5-Z8350 has a 180% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Atom x5-Z8350 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II Neo K125 in performance tests.


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