Intel Atom x7-Z8700 vs Intel Core M-5Y10c. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Core M
• Generation
  1 5
• CPU group
  Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 Intel Core M 5

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
  1.60 GHz 0.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• 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
  Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU) Intel HD Graphics 5300
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.60 GHz 0.80 GHz
• Execution units
  16 24
• Shader
  128 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  8 8
• DirectX Version
  12 11.2
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q3/2014

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core M-5Y10c and Intel Atom x7-Z8700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1600 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  2 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom x7-Z8700 and Intel Core M-5Y10c to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  2 W 4.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom x7-Z8700 and Intel Atom x7-Z8700, 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, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cherry Trail Broadwell Y
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 138 BGA 1234
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q4/2014