Intel Atom x7-Z8750 vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Last updated: 2023-09-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Atom x7-Z8750		Intel Core i9-7980XE
CPU comparison Intel Atom x7-Z8750 or Intel Core i9-7980XE - 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 x7-Z8750 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.56 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom x7-Z8750 was released in Q1/2016. The Intel Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-7980XE was released in Q4/2017.

Intel Atom (108)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9)	CPU group	Intel Core i 7000X (9)
5	Generation	7
Cherry Trail	Architecture	Skylake X
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i9-9980XE

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Atom x7-Z8750 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz (2.56 GHz). The Intel Core i9-7980XE has 18 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (4.20 GHz).
Intel Atom x7-Z8750	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-7980XE
4	Cores	18
4	Threads	36
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
1.60 GHz	Frequency	2.60 GHz
2.56 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.20 GHz
2.56 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.50 GHz

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 x7-Z8750	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-7980XE
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

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 405 (16EU)	GPU	no iGPU
0.20 GHz	GPU frequency	--
0.60 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
8	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
16	Compute units	--
128	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
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 405 (16EU)	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
Decode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Atom x7-Z8750 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-7980XE can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
Intel Atom x7-Z8750	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-7980XE
LPDDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2666
8 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	85.4 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	25.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
2	PCIe lanes	44
1.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	43.3 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Atom x7-Z8750 has a TDP of 2 W, that of the Intel Core i9-7980XE is 165 W.
Intel Atom x7-Z8750	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-7980XE
2 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	165 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Atom x7-Z8750 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i9-7980XE cache has a total of 25.00 MB.
Intel Atom x7-Z8750	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-7980XE
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 138	Socket	LGA 2066
VT-x, VT-x EPT	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2016	Release date	Q4/2017
30 $	Release price	1999 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Atom x7-Z8750 (19%)

Intel Core i9-7980XE (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Atom x7-Z8750 (5%)

Intel Core i9-7980XE (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	239 (21%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	1121 (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	855 (5%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	16495 (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	194 (14%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	1394 (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	603 (5%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	11708 (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	1335 (4%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	30321 (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	43 (23%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	184 (100%)

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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	155 (4%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	3455 (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	1281 (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	28196 (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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	446 (100%)

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 x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	7671 (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 x7-Z8750 Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU) @ 0.60 GHz	154 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Atom x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz	77 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Atom x7-Z8750 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 2.60 GHz	10563 (100%)

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