Apple A6X vs Intel Atom x5-Z8300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple A series Intel Atom
• CPU group
  Apple A6/A6X Intel Atom x3/x5/x7
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  6 1
• Predecessor
  Apple A5X --
• Successor
  Apple A8X --

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.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  1.40 GHz 1.44 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 1.84 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

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
  PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores) Intel HD Graphics 400
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.50 GHz
• Execution units
  16 12
• Shader
  128 96
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 8 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  8
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q1/2015

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom x5-Z8300 and Apple A6X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR2-1066 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  1 GB
• Memory channels
  4 1
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A6X and Intel Atom x5-Z8300 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  2 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A6X and Apple A6X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  A6 Cherry Trail
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT
• Socket
  N/A BGA 138
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q2/2015
• Part Number
  APL 0598 --