Intel Core i3-4010U vs Intel Atom x5-Z8300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000U Intel Atom x3/x5/x7
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Atom
• Generation
  4 1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1.7 GHz 1.44 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 1.84 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 1.84 GHz

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
  11.1 12
• Execution units
  20 12
• Generation
  7.5 8
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4400 Intel HD Graphics 400
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 500 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2015
• Shader
  160 96
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom x5-Z8300 and Intel Core i3-4010U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  12 1
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-4010U and Intel Atom x5-Z8300 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)
  15 W 2 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-4010U and Intel Atom x5-Z8300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell U Cherry Trail
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q2/2015
• Socket
  BGA 1168 BGA 138
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT