Intel Atom Z3580 vs Apple A8. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Atom Apple A series
• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z3500 Apple A8/A8X
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  5 8
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A7
• Successor
  -- Apple A9

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
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.33 GHz 1.10 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.

• GPU name
  PowerVR G6430 Apple A8
• GPU frequency
  0.46 GHz 0.53 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.53 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  16 4
• Shader
  128 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  5
• Technology
  28 nm 20 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q3/2014

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A8 and Intel Atom Z3580. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1600 LPDDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  4 GB 2 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom Z3580 and Apple A8 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom Z3580 and Intel Atom Z3580, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Moorefield A8
• Technology
  22 nm 20 nm
• Virtualization
  Intel VT-x None
• Socket
  FC-MB5T1064 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2014