Atom x7-E3950 vs A10-4600M

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Aggregated performance score

A10-4600M
2012
4 cores / 4 threads
1.25
+3.3%
Atom x7-E3950
2014
4 cores / 4 threads
1.21

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

Comparing A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking21872219
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series7x Intel Atom
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Apollo Lake (2016)
Release date15 May 2012 (11 years ago)30 August 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$57
Current price$222 $377 (6.6x MSRP)

Detailed Specifications

A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache192 KB56K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data110 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data103 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFS1r2Intel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt12 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7660GIntel HD Graphics 505

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-4600M 1.25
+3.3%
Atom x7-E3950 1.21

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A10-4600M 1930
+3.5%
Atom x7-E3950 1864

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 4% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A10-4600M 342
+46.8%
Atom x7-E3950 233

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 47% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A10-4600M 729
+1.7%
Atom x7-E3950 717

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 2% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A10-4600M 2078
+59.4%
Atom x7-E3950 1304

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 59% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A10-4600M 5696
+51.1%
Atom x7-E3950 3769

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 51% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A10-4600M 2866
+33.2%
Atom x7-E3950 2152

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 33% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A10-4600M 26.49
+14.2%
Atom x7-E3950 30.26

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms A10-4600M by 14% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A10-4600M 2
+24.8%
Atom x7-E3950 2

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 25% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A10-4600M 187
+49.6%
Atom x7-E3950 125

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 50% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A10-4600M 63
+53.7%
Atom x7-E3950 41

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 54% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A10-4600M 0.7
+37.3%
Atom x7-E3950 0.51

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 37% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A10-4600M 1.2
+20%
Atom x7-E3950 1

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 20% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A10-4600M 1892
+161%
Atom x7-E3950 725

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 161% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A10-4600M 58
+27.6%
Atom x7-E3950 45

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 28% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A10-4600M 13
+42.4%
Atom x7-E3950 9

A10-4600M outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 42% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 1.25 1.21
Integrated graphics card 1.21 0.86
Recency 15 May 2012 30 August 2014
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 12 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between A10-4600M and Atom x7-E3950.


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