Atom Z615 vs Phenom II X3 710

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2476not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.22no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency0.98no data
Architecture codenameHeka (2009−2010)Lincroft (2010−2011)
Release date9 February 2009 (15 years ago)4 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$85no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads32
Base clock speed2.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno datacDMI
Bus rateno data400 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size258 mm265.2526 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data+90 °C
Number of transistors758 million140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3T-PBGA518
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt2.2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
GPIOno data+
FDIno data-
Fast Memory Accessno data-
AMTno data-
Matrix Storageno data-
Quiet Systemno data-
I/O Accelerationno data-
Quick Resumeno data-
HD Audiono data-

Security technologies

Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data3.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)PowerVR SGX535
Max video memoryno data256 MB
Clear Videono data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615 integrated GPUs.

LVDSno data+
MIPIno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615.

PCIe version2.0None
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data2.0
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 February 2009 4 May 2010
Physical cores 3 1
Threads 3 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 2 Watt

Phenom II X3 710 has 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Atom Z615, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 4650% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 710 and Atom Z615. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X3 710 is a desktop processor while Atom Z615 is a notebook one.


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