Intel Atom Z3735F vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  4 2
• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z3700 Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Predecessor
  -- No
• Successor
  -- No

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
  1.33 GHz 3.16 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.83 GHz No
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8500 and Intel Atom Z3735F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom Z3735F and Intel Core2 Duo E8500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  4 W 65 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  -- 80 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom Z3735F and Intel Atom Z3735F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  -- 6.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Bay Trail Wolfdale
• Technology
  22 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  BGA 592 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q1/2008