Intel Atom Z2560
The Intel Atom Z2560 is a SoC (System on a Chip) with the Codename Penwell and part of the Medfield platform. The Z2560 is a one chip SoC and integrates a dual core Atom processor (Saltwell) clocked at 933 - 1600 MHz. Due to Hyper-Threading, 4 threads can be executed on the two cores (for improved efficiency).
The Saltwell CPU core is still very similar to the first Intel Atom. Therefore, the performance per clock should be very similar (only very small enhancements). However, the CPU now features additional 256 KB low-power-cache (on a separate voltage plane) to allow the CPU and L2 cache to enter a lower power state. Furthermore, the Atom now supports some sort of Turbo Boost and can reach up to 1.6 GHz shortly (933 MHz base frequency). Furthermore, the CPU core can be downclocked to 100 MHz (in 100 MHz steps) to save power.
The processor performance should be on a level with a previous generation Atom processor clocked at 933 - 1600 MHz (e.g., the Atom N550 clocked at 1.5 GHz ). Therefore, the Z2560 should be a mid-range smartphone/tablet SoC.
The integrated graphics card is based on a PowerVR SGX 544MP2 design and clocked at 400 MHz. The video decoder (MPEG4.2, H.264, VC1, WMV) and encoder (MPEG4.2, H.264) also stem from Imagination Technologies (VDX385 and VDE285) and should allow 1080p30 de- and encoding of videos.
Furthermore, a dual channel LPDDR2 memory controller (2x 32 Bit) for a maximum of 1GB RAM is integrated.
The whole SoC was optimized for power efficiency and low power consumption . It is produced with a 32nm LP (low power) process and has a TDP of 3 Watt (according to TechPowerUp). Therefore, the Z2560 is even suited for smartphones.
Sources: Intel Pressemeldung , Intel ARK , Anandtech , Techpowerup (Socket, TDP)
Series Intel Atom Codename Cloverview Series: Atom Cloverview Clock Rate 933 - 1600 MHz Level 1 Cache 112 KB Level 2 Cache 1 MB Number of Cores / Threads 2 / 4 Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 3 Watt Transistor Count 140 Million Features 32 nm0.3-1.2 Die Size 65 mm2 Max. Temperature 90 °C Socket BGA 617 Features Hyper-Threading, VT-x, Enhanced SpeedStep, Thermal-Monitoring, Intel HD-Audio, Smart Idle GPU PowerVR SGX544MP2 (400 MHz)Announcement Date 01/13/2012 Product Link (external) Intel Atom Z2560
Benchmarks 3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720
min: 7785 avg: 8057.8 median: 8107 (5%) max: 8212 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Physics 1920x1080
min: 7914 avg: 8088.7 median: 8128 (10%) max: 8224 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen
8852 Points (10%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream
min: 823 avg: 887 median: 887 (7%) max: 951 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory
min: 1145 avg: 1161.5 median: 1161 (11%) max: 1178 Points
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HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 2%
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point
min: 1458 avg: 1527 median: 1527 (3%) max: 1596 Points
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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -1%
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer
min: 1044 avg: 1048.5 median: 1048 (2%) max: 1053 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score
min: 1209 avg: 1221 median: 1221 (3%) max: 1233 Points
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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -11%
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score
min: 1053 avg: 1057 median: 1056 (1%) max: 1062 Points
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HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 4%
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score
min: 448 avg: 450.7 median: 451 (9%) max: 453 Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 1%
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Linpack Android / IOS - Multi Thread
min: 203 avg: 219.3 median: 221 (7%) max: 231 MFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -11%
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Linpack Android / IOS - Single Thread
min: 97 avg: 105.2 median: 107 (10%) max: 110 MFLOPS
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *
min: 12537 avg: 12834.2 median: 12834 (22%) max: 13131 ms
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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score *
min: 1065 avg: 1120.8 median: 1100 (12%) max: 1216 ms
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Sunspider - 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 699 avg: 1014.6 median: 1114 (11%) max: 1229 ms
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unknown 590%
Octane V2 - Total Score
3081 Points (6%)
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Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0
min: 4896 avg: 5096.5 median: 5096 (12%) max: 5297 points
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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -9%
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -7%
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AnTuTu v3 - CPU
6594 points (43%)
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HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -14%
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min: 18062 avg: 18570.3 median: 18777 (44%) max: 18872 points
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min: 172 avg: 214.8 median: 225 (7%) max: 237 Iter./s
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -11%
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 10%
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AndEBench - Native
min: 9409 avg: 9465.8 median: 9453 (31%) max: 9548 Iter./s
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -6%
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - CPU Tests
min: 8692 avg: 9159.5 median: 9263 (1%) max: 9420 Points
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -5%
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Other CPUs of the series Intel Atom » Intel Atom E3845 1.91 GHz / 2 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3827 1.75 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3826 1.46 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3825 1.33 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3805 1.33 GHz / 1 MB L2
» Intel Atom E3815 1.46 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
» Intel Atom N435 1.33 GHz / 0.5 MB L2
Surrounding CPUs - Intel Pentium M 738 1.4 GHz / 2 MB
- Intel Celeron M 360 1.4 GHz / 1 MB
- Intel Celeron M 340 1.5 GHz / 0.5 MB
+ Intel Celeron M 350 1.3 GHz / 1024 KB
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