AMD A10-4600M vs Intel Atom x7-Z8700. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD A Intel Atom
• Generation
  2 1
• CPU group
  AMD A10-4000M Intel Atom x3/x5/x7

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.20 GHz 2.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7660G Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.69 GHz 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  6 16
• Shader
  384 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  4 8
• DirectX Version
  11.2 12
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q2/2015

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom x7-Z8700 and AMD A10-4600M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 LPDDR3-1600
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-4600M and Intel Atom x7-Z8700 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 2 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-4600M and AMD A10-4600M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Trinity (Piledriver) Cherry Trail
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FS1r2 BGA 138
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q1/2015