AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs Intel Atom x5-Z8500

What is the difference between AMD Athlon II X2 255 and Intel Atom x5-Z8500. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Athlon II X2 255
AMD Athlon II X2 255
Intel Atom x5-Z8500
Intel Atom x5-Z8500

Performance (Benchmarks)

359Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score205
673Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score658
1148PassMark CPU Mark Rating1230
1245PassMark Single Thread Rating631

Processor Specs

AMD Athlon II X2 255ProcessorIntel Atom x5-Z8500
3100 MHzFrequency1440 MHz
Maximum Frequency2240 MHz
2Cores4
2Threads4
65 WTDP2 W
RegorCodenameCherry Trail
Socket AM3 (938)PackageUTFCBGA1380

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

355Single-Core Score210
623Multi-Core Score682
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.10Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Acer Aspire X3400GModelASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. T100HAN
Acer Aspire X3400GMotherboardASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. T100HAN
Power PlanHchstleistung

CPU Specifications

AMD Athlon II X2 255NameIntel Atom x5-Z8500
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 76 Stepping 3
3.10 GHzBase Frequency1.44 GHz
Maximum Frequency2239 MHz
PackageSocket 1380 BGA
CodenameCherry Trail
64.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
64.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache24.0 KB x 4
1.00 MB x 2L2 Cache1.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

3.35 GBSize3.90 GB
Frequency1599 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM

Geekbench 5 result (single)

355Single-Core Score210
61Crypto Score146
394Integer Score230
321Floating Point Score 176
61
106.9 MB/sec		AES-XTS146
254.8 MB/sec
525
2.66 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)255
1.29 MB/sec
465
22.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression288
13.6 Mpixels/sec
454
1.28 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)279
786.8 KTE/sec
209
245.5 KElements/sec		HTML5209
245.6 KElements/sec
458
143.5 Krows/sec		SQLite242
75.7 Krows/sec
407
22.1 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering227
12.3 Mpixels/sec
288
91.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering223
71.0 KB/sec
500
3.89 Klines/sec		Clang181
1.41 Klines/sec
368
4.26 images/sec		Camera187
2.16 images/sec
268
335.9 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics107
133.3 Kpairs/sec
497
3076.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics237
1470.7 FPS
180
9.89 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur119
6.52 Mpixels/sec
279
2.15 images/sec		Face Detection167
1.29 images/sec
312
7.69 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection210
5.19 Mpixels/sec
576
28.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting276
13.5 Mpixels/sec
695
9.46 Mpixels/sec		HDR382
5.20 Mpixels/sec
456
366.5 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing184
147.4 Kpixels/sec
292
2.62 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion155
1.39 Kpixels/sec
234
7.49 Words/sec		Speech Recognition165
5.27 Words/sec
143
5.53 images/sec		Machine Learning93
3.58 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

623Multi-Core Score682
80Crypto Score585
632Integer Score727
695Floating Point Score 600
80
140.3 MB/sec		AES-XTS585
1021.7 MB/sec
848
4.29 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)894
4.52 MB/sec
680
32.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression957
45.3 Mpixels/sec
654
1.84 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)744
2.10 MTE/sec
303
355.2 KElements/sec		HTML5625
733.7 KElements/sec
879
275.2 Krows/sec		SQLite753
236.1 Krows/sec
620
33.6 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering756
41.0 Mpixels/sec
488
155.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering730
232.6 KB/sec
860
6.70 Klines/sec		Clang610
4.75 Klines/sec
612
7.10 images/sec		Camera562
6.51 images/sec
451
564.8 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics393
491.5 Kpairs/sec
730
4524.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics781
4841.3 FPS
823
45.2 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur567
31.2 Mpixels/sec
571
4.40 images/sec		Face Detection568
4.37 images/sec
581
14.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection732
18.0 Mpixels/sec
1278
62.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting861
42.3 Mpixels/sec
1584
21.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR1252
17.1 Mpixels/sec
1115
895.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing664
532.9 Kpixels/sec
433
3.87 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion494
4.43 Kpixels/sec
600
19.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition550
17.6 Words/sec
346
13.4 images/sec		Machine Learning258
9.99 images/sec