AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs Intel Atom x5-Z8550

What is the difference between AMD Athlon II X2 255 and Intel Atom x5-Z8550. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Athlon II X2 255
AMD Athlon II X2 255
Intel Atom x5-Z8550
Intel Atom x5-Z8550

Performance (Benchmarks)

359Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score211
673Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score664
1148PassMark CPU Mark Rating1198
1245PassMark Single Thread Rating706

Processor Specs

AMD Athlon II X2 255ProcessorIntel Atom x5-Z8550
3100 MHzFrequency1440 MHz
Maximum Frequency2400 MHz
2Cores4
2Threads4
65 WTDP
RegorCodenameCherry Trail
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 1380 BGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

355Single-Core Score217
623Multi-Core Score751
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 X3400GModelLENOVO Lenovo YB1-X91F
Acer Aspire X3400GMotherboardLENOVO INVALID
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Athlon II X2 255NameIntel Atom x5-Z8550
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 76 Stepping 4
3.10 GHzBase Frequency1.44 GHz
Maximum Frequency2399 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 GBSize3.92 GB
Frequency1599 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM

Geekbench 5 result (single)

355Single-Core Score217
61Crypto Score150
394Integer Score239
321Floating Point Score 181
61
106.9 MB/sec		AES-XTS150
262.1 MB/sec
525
2.66 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)257
1.30 MB/sec
465
22.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression308
14.6 Mpixels/sec
454
1.28 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)268
755.1 KTE/sec
209
245.5 KElements/sec		HTML5215
252.4 KElements/sec
458
143.5 Krows/sec		SQLite246
77.0 Krows/sec
407
22.1 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering260
14.1 Mpixels/sec
288
91.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering235
74.8 KB/sec
500
3.89 Klines/sec		Clang191
1.49 Klines/sec
368
4.26 images/sec		Camera197
2.28 images/sec
268
335.9 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics107
133.7 Kpairs/sec
497
3076.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics249
1544.0 FPS
180
9.89 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur124
6.80 Mpixels/sec
279
2.15 images/sec		Face Detection182
1.40 images/sec
312
7.69 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection224
5.53 Mpixels/sec
576
28.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting269
13.2 Mpixels/sec
695
9.46 Mpixels/sec		HDR407
5.55 Mpixels/sec
456
366.5 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing193
155.3 Kpixels/sec
292
2.62 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion164
1.47 Kpixels/sec
234
7.49 Words/sec		Speech Recognition157
5.02 Words/sec
143
5.53 images/sec		Machine Learning96
3.70 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

623Multi-Core Score751
80Crypto Score606
632Integer Score802
695Floating Point Score 665
80
140.3 MB/sec		AES-XTS606
1.03 GB/sec
848
4.29 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)849
4.29 MB/sec
680
32.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1053
49.8 Mpixels/sec
654
1.84 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)695
1.96 MTE/sec
303
355.2 KElements/sec		HTML5846
993.4 KElements/sec
879
275.2 Krows/sec		SQLite910
285.1 Krows/sec
620
33.6 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering913
49.5 Mpixels/sec
488
155.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering740
235.7 KB/sec
860
6.70 Klines/sec		Clang679
5.29 Klines/sec
612
7.10 images/sec		Camera626
7.26 images/sec
451
564.8 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics356
445.8 Kpairs/sec
730
4524.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics882
5466.2 FPS
823
45.2 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur696
38.3 Mpixels/sec
571
4.40 images/sec		Face Detection675
5.20 images/sec
581
14.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection793
19.5 Mpixels/sec
1278
62.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting915
44.9 Mpixels/sec
1584
21.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR1475
20.1 Mpixels/sec
1115
895.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing764
613.5 Kpixels/sec
433
3.87 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion581
5.21 Kpixels/sec
600
19.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition529
16.9 Words/sec
346
13.4 images/sec		Machine Learning302
11.7 images/sec