AMD Athlon X4 880K vs Intel Atom Z600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 880K and Intel Atom Z600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon X4 880K

Intel Atom Z600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 880K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 250% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
Around -390% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs -25°C to +90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C vs -25°C to +90°C
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom Z600

95x lower typical power consumption: 1.3 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1.3 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 880K
CPU 2: Intel Atom Z600

Name	AMD Athlon X4 880K	Intel Atom Z600
PassMark - Single thread mark	1633
PassMark - CPU mark	3658
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	550
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1718

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 880K	Intel Atom Z600
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD880KXBJCSBX
Place in performance rating	2075	not rated
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel Atom® Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Mobile
Architecture codename		Lincroft
Launch date		May 2010
Processor Number		Z600
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	4 GHz	1.20 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	-25°C to +90°C
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	1.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Unlocked
Bus Speed		400 MHz DMI
Die size		65 mm
Number of threads		2
Transistor count		140 million
VID voltage range		0.7625V – 1.1V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	1
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	LPDDR1 400
Maximum memory bandwidth		1.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	Intel BGA 518
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	1.3 Watt
Thermal Solution	Near Silent 125W
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		13.8mmx13.8mmx1.1mm
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Intel 64
Intel® AC97 Technology
Intel® Active Management technology (AMT)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® ME Firmware Version		No
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Matrix Storage
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		32-bit
Quick Resume
Quiet System
Thermal Monitoring
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		200 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Max video memory		256 MB
Processor graphics		Integrated
Graphics interfaces
LVDS
MIPI
Peripherals
Integrated IDE
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes		0
Number of USB ports		4
PCI Express revision		None
PCI support
PCIe configurations		No
Total number of SATA ports		0
UART
USB revision		2.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)