Intel Atom x5-Z8500
The Intel Atom x5-Z8500 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for Windows and Android devices (tablets and convertibles), which has been presented in March 2015. It is clocked at 1.44 - 2.24 GHz and part of the Cherry Trail platform. Thanks to its new 14 nanometer low-power process (P1273) with tri-gate transistors, energy efficiency has been significantly improved over its predecessor Bay Trail-T (e.g. Atom Z3795 ). In addition to the CPU cores, the SoC offers a DirectX 11.2-capable GPU as well as a LPDDR3 Memory Controller (2x 64 bit, 25.6 GB/s).
Architecture
The processor cores are based on the Airmont architecture, which is basically a slightly modified shrink of the previous Silvermont core. While performance per clock has not been improved, the more efficient 14 nm process may lead to a better utilization of the CPU Burst (alias Turbo Boost) and therefore a somewhat higher performance in certain situations.
Performance
Compared to the Atom x7-Z8700 , the Atom x5-Z8500 is clocked slightly lower and therefore 5 - 10 percent slower. However, the x5 still beats most ARM-based SoCs and offers a performance similar to a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 .
Using Windows, the chip is adequate for everyday tasks such as Internet or Office, but not for very complex software or modern games.
Graphics
The HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) is based on the Intel Gen8 architecture, which supports DirectX 11.2 and is also found in the Broadwell series (e.g. HD Graphics 5300 ). With 12 EUs (Execution Units) and a clock speed of up to 600 MHz, the GPU is about twice as fast as the HD Graphics (Bay Trail) and will handle older and less demandig Windows games (e.g. Counter-Strike: GO) in very low settings at decent frame rates. The GPU also supports 4K/H.265 video acceleration.
Compared to ARM SoCs, the HD Graphics offers a performance similar to the Qualcomm Adreno 330 or PowerVR G6430 .
Power Consumption
The entire SoC is rated at an SDP of 2 watts, which indicates a TDP of less than 4 watts. Thus, the chip can be used in passively cooled tablets.
Series Intel Atom x5 Codename Cherry Trail Series: Atom x5 Cherry Trail Clock Rate 1440 - 2240 MHz Level 2 Cache 2 MB Number of Cores / Threads 4 / 4 Manufacturing Technology 14 nm Max. Temperature 90 °C Features Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail, 200 - 600 MHz), Wireless Display, AES-NI, max. 8 GB Dual-Channel LPDDR3-1600 (25,6 GB/s), 3x USB 3.0, 2x PCIe 2.0 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 600 MHz)64 Bit 64 Bit support Announcement Date 03/02/2015 Product Link (external) Intel Atom x5 Z8500
Benchmarks Cinebench R15 - CPU Multi 64Bit
min: 73 avg: 103 median: 106.5 (2%) max: 127 Points
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Intel Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 14%
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Cinebench R15 - CPU Single 64Bit
min: 35 avg: 35.8 median: 35.5 (16%) max: 37 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Multi 64Bit
min: 1.18 avg: 1.4 median: 1.3 (3%) max: 1.63 Points
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Intel Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 -1%
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Cinebench R11.5 - CPU Single 64Bit
min: 0.43 avg: 0.4 median: 0.4 (17%) max: 0.44 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single 32Bit
min: 1164 avg: 1166 median: 1166 (12%) max: 1168 Points
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AMD Turion 64 ML-28 3%
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
min: 2947 avg: 3539 median: 3563 (6%) max: 4107 Points
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
5560 Points (7%)
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Cinebench R10 - Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
1656 Points (15%)
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2776 seconds (11%)
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Intel Core Duo L2500 -49%
Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 -44%
Intel Mobile Pentium 4 538 4%
Intel Celeron M 430 6%
AMD Mobile Sempron 3000+ 7%
AMD Turion 64 ML-32 11%
AMD Turion 64 ML-34 11%
AMD Mobile Sempron 3400+ 15%
Intel Core Solo T1300 21%
Intel Celeron M 420 28%
Intel Mobile Pentium 4 532 30%
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Intel Celeron M 373 825%
86.7 seconds (46%)
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Intel Core Duo L2500 -49%
Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 -48%
Intel Mobile Pentium 4 538 -1%
AMD Mobile Sempron 3000+ 7%
AMD Turion 64 MT-34 10%
Intel Celeron M 430 11%
AMD Turion 64 ML-34 11%
AMD Turion 64 ML-32 11%
Intel Core Solo T1300 21%
Intel Mobile Pentium 4 532 25%
AMD Mobile Sempron 3400+ 25%
AMD Mobile Athlon 64 2700+ 26%
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Intel Pentium M 713 119%
min: 768 avg: 842 median: 872 (10%) max: 885 KB/s
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 2
min: 6.4025 avg: 7.2 median: 7.2 (5%) max: 8.03 fps
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz -74%
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - Pass 1
min: 33.102 avg: 36.6 median: 36.6 (13%) max: 40.03 fps
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TrueCrypt - Serpent Mean 100MB
0.1 GB/s (5%)
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TrueCrypt - Twofish Mean 100MB
0.2 GB/s (0%)
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Intel Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 -1%
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TrueCrypt - AES Mean 100MB
0.6 GB/s (3%)
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min: 1693 avg: 1947 median: 1991 (13%) max: 2158 Points
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 1%
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min: 38.676 avg: 38.8 median: 38.8 (8%) max: 39 Seconds
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Intel Celeron M 530 -2%
Intel Core Duo T2050 -2%
Intel Pentium 4 560 -2%
AMD Mobile Athlon 64 4000+ 0%
Intel Core Duo T2250 0%
Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 1%
Intel Celeron M 520 1%
Intel Core Duo L2300 2%
Intel Core Solo T1200 2%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 1093%
min: 85.247 avg: 85.6 median: 85.6 (4%) max: 86 Seconds
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AMD Mobile Athlon 64 4000+ -1%
Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 -1%
Intel Core Duo T2300 1%
Intel Core Duo T2250 2%
Intel Core 2 Duo L7100 5%
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 1839.66 avg: 1856 median: 1856.3 (8%) max: 1873 Seconds
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Intel Core Duo L2500 2%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 1113%
3DMark 11 - Performance Physics 1280x720
min: 869 avg: 1258 median: 1353 (7%) max: 1456 points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720
min: 8135 avg: 11061 median: 10445 (7%) max: 14602 Points
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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen
min: 16673 avg: 18408 median: 18407.5 (21%) max: 20142 Points
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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Physics 1280x720
min: 909 avg: 1087 median: 1136 (3%) max: 1217 Points
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3DMark - Fire Strike Physics 1920x1080
1727 Points (6%)
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score
min: 1848 avg: 2455 median: 2454.5 (4%) max: 3061 Points
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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score
min: 817 avg: 859 median: 858.5 (18%) max: 900 Points
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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score
min: 1975 avg: 2778 median: 3170 (5%) max: 3190 Points
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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score
min: 856 avg: 949 median: 990 (20%) max: 1001 Points
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *
min: 4420.4 avg: 4728 median: 4706.2 (8%) max: 5142.2 ms
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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score *
min: 374.1 avg: 387 median: 387 (4%) max: 399.8 ms
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min: 7843 avg: 8027 median: 8033 (15%) max: 8197 Points
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min: 70385 avg: 71734 median: 71734 (24%) max: 73083 Points
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PCMark for Android - Work performance score
min: 5152 avg: 5216 median: 5215.5 (27%) max: 5279 Points
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