Intel Atom Z3735G vs Intel Atom x5-Z8500. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z3700 Intel Atom x3/x5/x7
• Family
  Intel Atom 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
  1.33 GHz 1.44 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.83 GHz 2.24 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  1.83 GHz 2.24 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
  11.2 12
• Execution units
  4 12
• Generation
  7 8
• GPU Frequency
  310 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) Intel HD Graphics 400
• GPU Turbo
  650 MHz 600 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q1/2015
• Shader
  32 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-Z8500 and Intel Atom Z3735G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom Z3735G and Intel Atom x5-Z8500 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)
  4 W 2 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom Z3735G and Intel Atom x5-Z8500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Bay Trail Cherry Trail
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q2/2015
• Socket
  BGA 592 BGA 138
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT