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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 vs Intel Core i7-6850K
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Atom x5-Z8550
16 %
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i7-6850K
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i7-6850K
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Atom x5-Z8550
21 %
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i7-6850K
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Atom x5-Z8550
12 %
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i7-6850K
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
More benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Atom (108) | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) |
| CPU group | Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9) | Intel Core i 6000 (24) |
| Architecture | Cherry Trail | Skylake S |
| Technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | BGA 138 | LGA 2011-3 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 6x |
| Frequency: | 1.44 GHz | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 2.40 GHz | 3.80 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.40 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | 15.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 400 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 - 0.60 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 12 / 96 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR4-2400 (76.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 2 | 3.0 x 40 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 1.0 GB/s | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 2 W | 140 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 | Intel Core i7-6850K |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q1/2016 | Q2/2016 |
| Release price | 23 $ | 628 $ |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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