Intel Atom S1260 vs Intel Atom x5-E8000. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Atom
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  Intel Atom S1000 Intel Atom x3/x5/x7

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
  2.00 GHz 1.04 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 400
• GPU frequency
  0.32 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  12
• Shader
  96
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  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
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom x5-E8000 and Intel Atom S1260. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  1 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  8 4

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom S1260 and Intel Atom x5-E8000 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  8.5 W 5 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom S1260 and Intel Atom S1260, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Centerton Cherry Trail
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1283 BGA 1170
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q1/2016