Is intel based phone or tab has app compatibility issue?

[coldhart]

Im thinking about buying zenfone 5 for my sister but i don't know if apps are compatible or not my friend was saying "intel based tab & mobile have app compatibility issue & need something like binary translation which reduces performance & device get hot pretty quickly & intel based android devices are not as great as arm devices in terms of customization & hard to root" is this the fact or just rumors?

 

[IamDavid]

Rumors.

 

[ponyo]

Partially true. Intel atoms are less compatible with Android than ARM chips.

 

[Ravynmagi]

It's an issue I was concerned about last year when not very many tablets were using Intel. But we have a growing number of devices using Atoms and I really haven't heard of any first hand reports of app compatibility issues. So it may not really be an issue after all or Intel has made sure it isn't an issue.

Definitely no performance complaints heard from Intel Baytrail Android tablets.

Heat may be an issue. I know my Baytrail Windows tablets have gotten much warmer than any of my Android tablets ever have. I haven't used a Baytrail Android tablet, so I don't know first hand. But I'm suspecting that the Baytrail will probably be warmer than most ARM processors.

 

[Rdmkr]

Intel Atom Z2580/ Z2560 don't run well in my experience as an ex Lenovo K900 user; the app incompatibility, which is a real issue, only compounds the problem. You're gambling by buying devices with these chipsets.

 

[Mopetar]

I believe that if an app hasn't been recompiled for x86 yet, Intel's chip will do a binary translation, which typically works fine for most apps but does incur a performance hit, but unless the app is doing some heavy lifting it probably won't be noticeable. Intel has claimed 90%+ compatibility, and unless it's an app that's doing something that relies on the underlying hardware, I can't imagine it being a problem.

 

[Rdmkr]

I believe that if an app hasn't been recompiled for x86 yet, Intel's chip will do a binary translation, which typically works fine for most apps but does incur a performance hit, but unless the app is doing some heavy lifting it probably won't be noticeable. Intel has claimed 90%+ compatibility, and unless it's an app that's doing something that relies on the underlying hardware, I can't imagine it being a problem.

I think the benchmark results of the Z2580 tell a different story. The results are all over the place, sometimes near Snadragon S4 Pro performance, sometimes barely as fast as the mtk6589t. The factor causing the huge variation is probably the x86 compatibility problem. It might not be noticeable if this chip ran well at its full potential, but even then it's a lackluster performer. It's a very flawed chip and the inconsistency given rise to by compatibility issues is the nail in its coffin.

 

[Keysplayr]

I have the Asus Memo Pad 8 with a quad core Atom (Bay Trail) which is IvyBridge based. I'd be glad to try an app that you fear may have compatibility issues with Intel Atom.

Intel Atom Z3745
http://ark.intel.com/products/80270/Intel-Atom-Processor-Z3745-2M-Cache-up-to-1_86-GHz

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460432,00.asp

 

[Mopetar]

I think the benchmark results of the Z2580 tell a different story. The results are all over the place, sometimes near Snadragon S4 Pro performance, sometimes barely as fast as the mtk6589t. The factor causing the huge variation is probably the x86 compatibility problem. It might not be noticeable if this chip ran well at its full potential, but even then it's a lackluster performer. It's a very flawed chip and the inconsistency given rise to by compatibility issues is the nail in its coffin.

Do you have a link to the benchmark results?

If it's a benchmark that's trying to do something very specific to the ARM instruction set, I can see why it would struggle. However, at the same time, that benchmark might not be very useful when considering the performance of actual apps.

 

[Keysplayr]

33575 AnTuTu Benchmark result. MeMo Pad 8 (ME181C) Quad core Atom.

33612 on second run.

 

[TuxDave]

I have the Asus Memo Pad 8 with a quad core Atom (Bay Trail) which is IvyBridge based. I'd be glad to try an app that you fear may have compatibility issues with Intel Atom.

Intel Atom Z3745
http://ark.intel.com/products/80270/Intel-Atom-Processor-Z3745-2M-Cache-up-to-1_86-GHz

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460432,00.asp

um.... that's a little bit of a stretch if you're talking about the CPU side of things.

 

[Keysplayr]

um.... that's a little bit of a stretch if you're talking about the CPU side of things.

What is? This version of Atom in my tablet is not called BayTrail? And/or Baytrail isn't based on Ivy?

Not sure what it is I am stretching. Please elaborate. At any rate, not sure how it would matter when benching.
Ah, nevermind. I see what you meant. It's the GPU or the HD Intel graphics that is similar to Ivy.
Ok, moving on...