Android Performance Results
Intel was up front with us about the status of Bay Trail for Android – it is not nearly as ready for production as it was for Windows. I ran into stability issues and Intel claims that performance will be better once the Android release is ready in 1-2 months. Still, I thought it was important to see where the Atom Z3770 stands in relation to some currently selling products in the Android ecosystem.
- Intel Bay Trail (reference platform)
- NVIDIA Tegra 4 (NVIDIA SHIELD)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (Nexus 7 2013)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S600 (Samsung Galaxy S4)
Of these systems Intel is sole x86-based option which adds some complications for the platform’s performance. Also, while the Nexus 7 and Galaxy S4 are completely standard devices, the NVIDIA SHIELD is a pretty special case as it is an actively cooled device.
BrowserMark 2.0
First up is the browser-based benchmark that we ran in the stock browser on each device, not on Chrome. The Atom Z3770 is able to outperform the Tegra 4 from NVIDIA as well as both Qualcomm parts in our testing.
SunSpider 0.9.1
SunSpider indicates that Bay Trail and the high powered Tegra 4 are running neck and neck while both Snapdragon SoCs are further behind.
Basemark X
This graphics benchmark has two components, one on screen and one off screen. The on screen test uses the native resolution of the tablet / smartphone while the off screen result renders to a static resolution. The most important data is the blue line then as it gives us a better apples to apples comparison. Intel’s Atom Z3770 is faster than both the new Nexus 7 and the Galaxy S4 (NA) though the Tegra 4 takes the overall win. Don’t put much thought into the green bars here as the Tegra 4 is rendering to a 1280×720 screen (961 Kpixels) while the Bay Trail system has a 2560×1440 panel (3,686 Kpixels).
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited
The new Unlimited version of 3DMark for Android iOS was just released this week and attempts to bypass the vertical sync limitation by using off-screen rendering targets, much like the Basemark X test above. The result is a win in the overall score for Intel’s Bay Trail thanks to a significant advantage on the physics score. The graphics score is fairly close between NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 and the Atom Z3770 with the slight edge going to Tegra.
MobileXPRT
Our final test is new one for us and attempts to focus on performance and the user experience. “MobileXPRT runs five performance scenarios (Apply Photo Effects, Create Photo Collages, Create Slideshow, Encrypt Personal Content, and Detect Faces to Organize Photos) and five user-experience scenarios (List Scroll, Grid Scroll, Gallery Scroll, Browser Scroll, and Zoom and Pinch).”
The Intel Atom Z3770 takes a sizeable performance lead besting the NVIDIA Tegra 4 by 12% or so. The user experience result is pretty even across the board which indicates the frame rate of the lists, zooms and scrolls were very consistent.
What is the clock speed of
What is the clock speed of the z3770 you are testing?
How could let Intel not talk about TDP… is it that bad?
It’s not great. The Z3770
It's not great. The Z3770 bursts up to 2.4 GHz with a base clock of 1.8 GHz.
Given that all the reviewers
Given that all the reviewers are benching and testing what is top of the line Atom Z3770 (with dual channel mem and turbo of 2.4Ghz), it is reasonable to expect that the current OEMs using the Clovertrail Z2760 in pricey tablets/hybrids would utilize the new top line Baytrail in similar pricey products?
Another thing to consider is how well or not well Intel has supported the current Atom lineup with buggy crash prone drivers that has ticked off a large number of owners for the past few years.
To top it off, Intel claims that the new Atoms will be found in low priced tablets by the end of the year and if so, those Atoms will be very low spec low clock single channel CPUs.
As you say, the proof of viability of Intel’s new Atoms will be in the price of their product pudding.
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Would be nice to see this on
Would be nice to see this on say a low power server system, perfect for File/Media Storage/Streaming as an option to a 35W TDP CPU.
maybe get rid of the h.264
maybe get rid of the h.264 encoder/decoder and make the GPU even smaller?
Poor AMD it looks like they
Poor AMD it looks like they have lost this round already. 🙁 Well if we look at the bright side, it at least appears that their new chips seem to be producing decent performance numbers in graphic intense applications.
This is a stunning upgrade
This is a stunning upgrade from clovertrail .. Intel has finally arrived in this space.
interesting to see the higher
interesting to see the higher 3dmark performance on android!?
also, ST performance on cinebench looks equivalent to a A64 3000+ from 2003, but obviously 4x cores and the power efficiency can justify the 10 years difference.
Considering that this isn’t a
Considering that this isn’t a desktop chip and has much lower power consumption, I think your comparison is a bit ridiculous.
U can’t really compare a 2003
U can’t really compare a 2003 desktop cpu with this
Architectures have changed and in 20003 u still
Had ddr ram now it’s ddr 3.
Besides I have compared a core u duo 1.8 ghz cpu with this this baytrail and the baytrail seems
To do Everything faster
Is it possible to do a NAS
Is it possible to do a NAS benchmark for the CPU?
I currently use a DIY NAS and it can easily max out a gigabit connection, but it is using a a CPU (AMD APU) that pulls 65 watts. Handling NAS loads and media streaming, and VPN access does not put high load on the CPU.
I don’t like premade NAS devices because there are many that cost $1000 with no hard drives and still perform worse than a $550 NAS including 6TB of storage.
It would be awesome if this CPU can work well in a low powered and near silent NAS build
What he said. I am also very
What he said. I am also very interested in the prospect of this technology being used in this way
What kind of test would you
What kind of test would you like? How could I get a benchmark that is relavant?
Isn’t the temash HP laptop
Isn’t the temash HP laptop based on HDD? Did you change the Temash to a SSD to compare against BayTrail?
Also, how about PCMark / Vantage results for comparison?
Thanks.
untill i dont know die size
untill i dont know die size of this Atom and its max TDP I cannot apreciate it. Intel avoided to give those numbers, so something is strange.
lets consider that in this moment AMD Jaguar A4-5000 get a die schrink at 22 nm . Then will beat hard the ass of Intel in power, graphics, performance and whatever you want.
Beat Intel?really?better hope
Beat Intel?really?better hope Intel doesn’t offer this with 3.5 w.if Intel does I’m pretty sure they could up GPU frequency.at 3.5 they would beat and in all but heavy gaming .nobody do hardcore gaming on tablet.
Are your benchmarks using a
Are your benchmarks using a single core, or all available cores? This is very important, as you directly compare to AMD’s competing Temash 1250, which is only a dual core part. You also fail to specify that it’s dual core in the spec breakdown, though you give Clovertrail that privelege.
Not getting my tinfoil hat out or anything, and my point is moot if the benchmark only tests a single core, but you should probably highlight (and bold, and underline) core counts as they play a huge role in benchmark results if multithreaded…
Sorry, I should revise my
Sorry, I should revise my comment to say this is only based on reading the first page – though the points are still valid for that page.
Wow, apologies. I meant the
Wow, apologies. I meant the first page with benchmarks (SiSoft Sandra). On a roll tonight..
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Aw, this was an incredibly nice post. Finding the time and actual effort to generate a superb article… but what can I say… I hesitate a lot and don’t manage to get anything done.