Atom x5-Z8550: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Atom x5-Z8550 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.72% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Atom x5-Z8550 sales 8 February 2016. This is a Cherry Trail architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is UTFCBGA1380 processor. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Atom x5-Z8550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2704 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | 5x Intel Atom | |
| Architecture codename | Cherry Trail (2015−2016) | |
| Release date | 8 February 2016 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.44 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x5-Z8550 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | UTFCBGA1380 |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| Secure Boot | + | |
| Identity Protection | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8550's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Atom x5-Z8550.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) (200 - 600 MHz) | |
| Max video memory | 8 GB | |
| Graphics max frequency | 600 MHz | |
| Execution Units | 12 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8550's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 3 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8550's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 3840x2160 | |
| Max resolution over eDP | 2560x1600 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 2 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
| USB revision | 3.0 | |
| Number of USB ports | 3 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Atom x5-Z8550. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Atom x5-Z8550 is A6-5357M, which is faster by 1% and higher by 20 positions in our ranking.
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