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Intel Atom Z2480 vs Intel Atom Z2460

Intel Atom Z2480

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The Intel Atom Z2480 is a SoC (System on a Chip) with the Codename Penwell and part of the Medfield platform. The Z2480 is a one chip SoC and integrates a single core Atom processor (Saltwell) clocked at up to 2.0 GHz. Due to Hyper-Threading two threads can be executed on the single core (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 2.0 GHz shortly (1.3 GHz 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 2.0 GHz (e.g., the Z550). Due to the X86 architecture, native ARM code on Android has to be translated on the fly and therefore the performance may degrade on certain applications.

The integrated graphics card is based on a PowerVR SGX 540 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.

Intel Atom Z2460

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The Intel Atom Z2460 is a SoC (System on a Chip) with the Codename Penwell and part of the Medfield platform. The Z2460 is a one chip SoC and integrates a single core Atom processor (Saltwell) clocked at 1.3 - 2.0 GHz. Due to Hyper-Threading two threads can be executed on the single core (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 2.0 GHz shortly (1.3 GHz 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 1.3 - 2.0 GHz (e.g., the Atom Z670 clocked at 1.5 GHz). Other smartphone SoCs based on ARM cores should be slower according to Intel. The SunSpider Javascript Benchmark and the BrowserMark scores for example should be higher than using a TI OMAP 4460 (Galaxy Nexus) or Apple A5 (iPhone 4S).

The integrated graphics card is based on a PowerVR SGX 540 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. At 100 MHz the SoC should consume about 50 mW and at 1.6 GHz about 750 mW. Therefore, the Z2460 is even suited for smartphones and Intel is keen to point out the the average power consumption is very good compared to competitors like the iPhone 4S.

Sources: Anandtech

ModelIntel Atom Z2480Intel Atom Z2460
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Atom
CodenamePenwellPenwell
Series: Atom Penwell
Intel Atom Z2480 « 2 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom Z24601.3 - 1.6 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom Z2000 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Intel Atom Z24802 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom Z2460 « 1.3 - 1.6 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom Z2000 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Clock2000 MHz1300 - 1600 MHz
L1 Cache56 KB56 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB
Cores / Threads1 / 21 / 2
Technology32 nm32 nm
FeaturesSSE3, Execute Disable Bit, PowerVR SGX 540, 2x 32 Bit LPDDR2-800
iGPUPowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz)PowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
TDP4? Watt

Benchmarks

Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
972 Points (8%)
905 Points (7%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1074 Points (10%)
1008 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
1160 Points (2%)
926 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
793 Points (2%)
678 Points (1%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
995 Points (3%)
853 Points (2%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
102.3 MFLOPS (3%)
60.9 MFLOPS (2%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
94.5 MFLOPS (9%)
62.1 MFLOPS (6%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1072 ms (10%)
1240 ms (12%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
4062 points (9%)
2865 points (7%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 Z2460 +
3799 Points (25%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Atom Z2480 → 100% n=9

Average Benchmarks Intel Atom Z2460 → 81% n=9

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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