Intel Atom x5-Z8300 vs Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)

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Intel Atom x5-Z8300 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)

CPU comparison

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 or Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Atom x5-Z8300 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.84 GHz. Up to 2 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Atom x5-Z8300 was released in Q2/2015.

The Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) has 20 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) was released in Q1/2022.
Intel Atom (108) Family Apple M series (25)
Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9) CPU group Apple M1 (9)
5 Generation 1
Cherry Trail Architecture M1
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom x5-Z8300 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.44 GHz (1.84 GHz). The Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) has 20 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz).

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Characteristic Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
4 Cores 20
4 Threads 20
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.44 GHz (1.84 GHz) A-Core 0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz)
16x Firestorm
-- B-Core 0.60 GHz (2.06 GHz)
4x Icestorm

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Characteristic Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 32 Neural cores @ 22 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 400 GPU Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core)
0.20 GHz GPU frequency 0.39 GHz
0.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
8 GPU Generation 1
14 nm Technology 5 nm
3 Max. displays 5
12 Compute units 1024
96 Shader 8192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics 400 GPU Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom x5-Z8300 supports a maximum of 2 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 8 memory channels.

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Characteristic Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR5-6400
2 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 819.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 52.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version 4.0
1 PCIe lanes --
0.5 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Atom x5-Z8300 has a TDP of 2 W, that of the Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) is 60 W.

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Characteristic Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
2 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 60 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 120 W
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Atom x5-Z8300 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) cache has a total of 52.00 MB.

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Characteristic Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
14 nm Technology 5 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
BGA 138 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization Apple Virtualization Framework
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems macOS
Q2/2015 Release date Q1/2022
18 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 (8%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 (2%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
182 (10%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
1793 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
556 (2%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
24055 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
139 (6%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
2397 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
396 (2%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
23970 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.50 GHz
105 (0%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core) @ 1.30 GHz
21200 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
816 (2%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
41059 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
114 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
1624 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
1534 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
24189 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
47 (100%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
127 (100%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
379 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
31 (100%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.84 GHz
111 (100%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Intel Atom x5-Z8300
4C 4T @ 1.44 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 0.60 GHz
22 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Unknown Apple Mac Studio (2022)

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