Pentium 4 HT 531 vs Atom x5-Z8350

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Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8350 and Pentium 4 HT 531 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2823not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date8 February 2016 (8 years ago)June 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8350 and Pentium 4 HT 531 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.44 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.92 GHz3 GHz
L1 cacheno data16 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8350 and Pentium 4 HT 531 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
SocketUTFCBGA592775
Power consumption (TDP)no data84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Pentium 4 HT 531. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8350 and Pentium 4 HT 531 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 Pentium 4 HT 531 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Pentium 4 HT 531. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types4 GBDDR1, DDR2, DDR3
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 Pentium 4 HT 531 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Pentium 4 HT 531 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 Pentium 4 HT 531.

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

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm

Atom x5-Z8350 has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom x5-Z8350 and Pentium 4 HT 531. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom x5-Z8350 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 HT 531 is a desktop one.


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