Core 2 Duo T5500 vs Atom x5-Z8350

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8350 and Core 2 Duo T5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2817not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel AtomIntel Core 2 Duo
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date8 February 2016 (8 years ago)1 February 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8350 and Core 2 Duo T5500 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.44 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed1.92 GHz1.66 GHz
Bus rateno data667 MHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data143 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.0375V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8350 and Core 2 Duo T5500 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
SocketUTFCBGA592PPGA478, PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)no data34 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Core 2 Duo T5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8350 and Core 2 Duo T5500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Boot+no data
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Core 2 Duo T5500 are enumerated here.

VT-x+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Core 2 Duo T5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types4 GBno data
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 Graphicsno 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 Core 2 Duo T5500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Core 2 Duo T5500 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 Core 2 Duo T5500.

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.



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
+62.8%
Core 2 Duo T5500 548

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 135
+0.7%
Core 2 Duo T5500 134

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
+58.4%
Core 2 Duo T5500 233

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
Core 2 Duo T5500 1660
+83.9%

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 x5-Z8350 2979
Core 2 Duo T5500 3069
+3%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 February 2016 1 February 2007
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm

Atom x5-Z8350 has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

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