AMD C-30 vs Intel Atom Z3460. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD C Intel Atom
• Generation
  1 3
• CPU group
  AMD C Intel Atom Z3400

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
  1.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  1 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 1.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  1 2
• 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 6250 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.28 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  1
• Shader
  80
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  3
• DirectX Version
  11
• Technology
  40 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2010

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 No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom Z3460 and AMD C-30. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066 DDR3-1066
• Max. Memory
  4 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD C-30 and Intel Atom Z3460 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  9 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD C-30 and AMD C-30, 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
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ontario (Bobcat) Merrifield
• Technology
  40 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  BGA 413 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q1/2014