Information about the Intel Atom Z2520 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  Intel Atom Z2520
• Family
  Intel Atom
• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z2500/Z2700
• Segment
  Mobile
• Generation
  2

Technical and quantitative specifications of the Intel Atom Z2520: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  2 / 4
• Core architecture
  normal
• Cores
  2x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes
• Overclocking
  No
• Frequency
  1.20 GHz

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in Intel Atom Z2520 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX544 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  4
• Shader
  8
• Max. displays
  2
• Direct X
  10.1
• Technology
  45nm
• Release date
  Q1/2010

List of video codecs supported by the Intel Atom Z2520 CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode
• VP9
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  No
• JPEG
  No

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the Intel Atom Z2520. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  LPDDR2-1066
• Max. Memory
  2 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  8.5 GB/s
• ECC
  No
• AES-NI
  No

Let's find out what TDP has the Intel Atom Z2520? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• Tjunction max.
  90 \xc2\xb0C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the Intel Atom Z2520 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  32 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic
• Socket
  BGA
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cloverview
• Virtualization
  None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE3, SSSE3
• Release date
  Q2/2013
• Documents
  Technical data sheet