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Intel Atom Z2580 vs Intel Core i7-5500U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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At a glance

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FamilyIntel Atom (108)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Atom Z2500/Z2700 (3)Intel Core i 5000U (16)
ArchitectureCloverviewBroadwell U
Technology32 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketBGABGA 1168
PredecessorIntel Core i7-4500U
SuccessorIntel Core i7-6500U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.00 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.90 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU namePowerVR SGX544 MP2Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU frequency0.40 - 0.53 GHz0.30 - 0.95 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 824 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory16 GB
Technology45nm14 nm
Release dateQ1/2010Q1/2015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory2 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP15 W
TDP (PL2)
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T. junction max.90 °C

Technical details

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Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE3, SSSE3SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2013Q1/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Atom Z2580
Intel Atom Z2580
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i7-5500U
Intel Core i7-5500U
2C / 4T · 2.40 - 3.00 GHz

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