Intel Core m3-6Y30 vs Intel Atom x5-Z8350

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Intel Core m3-6Y30 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
Intel Core m3-6Y30 Intel Atom x5-Z8350

CPU comparison

Intel Core m3-6Y30 or Intel Atom x5-Z8350 - 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 Core m3-6Y30 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core m3-6Y30 was released in Q3/2015.

The Intel Atom x5-Z8350 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.92 GHz. The CPU supports up to 2 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Atom x5-Z8350 was released in Q1/2016.
Intel Core M (16) Family Intel Atom (101)
Intel Core M 6 (4) CPU group Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9)
6 Generation 5
Skylake Y Architecture Cherry Trail
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core m3-6Y30 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 0.90 GHz (2.20 GHz). The Intel Atom x5-Z8350 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.44 GHz (1.92 GHz).

Intel Core m3-6Y30 Characteristic Intel Atom x5-Z8350
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
0.90 GHz Frequency 1.44 GHz
2.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 1.92 GHz
1.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 1.92 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 Core m3-6Y30 Characteristic Intel Atom x5-Z8350
-- 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 515 GPU Intel HD Graphics 400
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.50 GHz
9 GPU Generation 8
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 12
192 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core m3-6Y30 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom x5-Z8350 can connect up to 2 GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

Intel Core m3-6Y30 Characteristic Intel Atom x5-Z8350
LPDDR3-1866 Memory DDR3L-1600
16 GB Max. Memory 2 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
29.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
10 PCIe lanes 1
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 0.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core m3-6Y30 has a TDP of 4.5 W, that of the Intel Atom x5-Z8350 is 2 W.

Intel Core m3-6Y30 Characteristic Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4.5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 2 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core m3-6Y30 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Atom x5-Z8350 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Core m3-6Y30 Characteristic Intel Atom x5-Z8350
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1515 Socket BGA 592
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2016
-- Release price 18 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
604 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
202 (33%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1262 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
645 (51%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
769 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
152 (20%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1482 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
424 (29%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
159 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
47 (30%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
278 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
165 (59%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
Intel HD Graphics 515 @ 0.85 GHz
326 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.50 GHz
105 (32%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
2165 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
906 (42%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
92 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
32 (35%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
185 (100%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
116 (63%)

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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
126 (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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.92 GHz
440 (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 Core m3-6Y30 Intel Core m3-6Y30
2C 4T @ 0.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4C 4T @ 1.44 GHz
241 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core m3-6Y30 Intel Atom x5-Z8350
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