Intel Atom x7-Z8700 vs Apple A8X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Atom Apple A series
• Generation
  1 8
• CPU group
  Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 Apple A8/A8X
• Successor
  -- Apple A9X

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
  1.60 GHz 1.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 3
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 3
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- 3x Typhoon

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
  Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU) Apple A8X
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz 0.45 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.60 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  16 8
• Shader
  128 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Generation
  8 5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm 20 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q3/2014

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A8X and Intel Atom x7-Z8700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1600 LPDDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  4 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom x7-Z8700 and Apple A8X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  2 W 8 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom x7-Z8700 and Intel Atom x7-Z8700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cherry Trail A8
• Technology
  14 nm 20 nm
• Socket
  BGA 138 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2014