Intel Atom Z3560 vs Apple A8X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z3500 Apple A8/A8X
• Family
  Intel Atom Apple A series
• Generation
  5 8
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Apple A9X

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

• Base Frequency
  1.83 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x -
• CPU Cores
  4 3
• CPU Threads
  4 3
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - No turbo
• A-Core
  - 3x Typhoon
• Turbo Frequency (3 Cores)
  - No turbo

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
  10 -
• Execution units
  16 8
• Generation
  - 5
• GPU Frequency
  460 MHz 450 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR G6430 Apple A8X
• GPU Turbo
  530 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q3/2014
• Shader
  128 256
• Technology
  28 nm 20 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A8X and Intel Atom Z3560. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  12.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1600 LPDDR3-1600

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom Z3560 and Apple A8X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 8 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom Z3560 and Apple A8X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Moorefield A8
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 4 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2014
• Socket
  FC-MB5T1064 -
• Technology
  22 nm 20 nm
• Virtualization
  Intel VT-x None