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Intel Atom x5-Z8500 vs Intel Celeron N5100. Specifications

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Released
Q2/2015
Intel Atom x5-Z8500
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Q4/2021
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Intel Celeron N5100
Intel Celeron N5100

What's the best choice Intel Atom x5-Z8500 or Intel Celeron N5100? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Atom x5-Z8500 has a base frequency of 1.44 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 2 W. Released in Q2/2015.

Intel Celeron N5100 has a base frequency of 1.10 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 6 W. Released in Q4/2021.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 31% better clock speed

    1.44 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    2 W left arrow 6 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Atom x5-Z8500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    1014 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    980 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1230 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1201 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1434 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    757 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    728 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    325 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1044 place
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 25 % higher specified turbo frequency

    2.80 GHz left arrow 2.24 GHz

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Atom x5-Z8500 Intel Atom x5-Z8500
Intel Celeron N5100 Intel Celeron N5100
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 left arrow Intel Celeron N5000
  • Family
    Intel Atom left arrow Intel Celeron
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 10
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • A-Core
    - left arrow -- Tremont
  • Base Frequency
    1.44 GHz left arrow 1.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    2.24 GHz left arrow 2.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    2.24 GHz left arrow 2.2 GHz
IGPU

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

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 24
  • Generation
    8 left arrow 11
  • GPU Frequency
    200 MHz left arrow 350 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 400 left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Elkhart Lake)
  • GPU Turbo
    600 MHz left arrow 800 MHz
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q1/2015 left arrow Q1/2021
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 192
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron N5100 and Intel Atom x5-Z8500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM left arrow DDR4-2933
  • PCIe lanes
    2 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    2.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom x5-Z8500 and Intel Celeron N5100 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    2 W left arrow 6 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 20 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 4.8 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom x5-Z8500 and Intel Celeron N5100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cherry Trail left arrow Jasper Lake
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 1.5 MB
  • L3-Cache
    2 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2015 left arrow Q4/2021
  • Socket
    BGA 138 left arrow BGA 1090
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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