Intel Atom x7-E3950 vs AMD A8-6410

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Combined performance score

A8-6410
1.15

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms A8-6410 by 5% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing A8-6410 and Atom x7-E3950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking22372199
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series7x Intel Atom
Architecture codenameBeema (2014)Apollo Lake (2016)
Release date1 June 2014 (9 years old)30 August 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$57
Current price$334 $377 (6.6x MSRP)

Technical specs

A8-6410 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 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
L1 cacheno data56K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C110 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data103 °C
Number of transistors930 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A8-6410 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3bIntel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt12 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6410 and Atom x7-E3950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VTno data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4no data
AVX+no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management-no data
VirusProtect+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

A8-6410 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 A8-6410 and Atom x7-E3950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V1no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6410 and Atom x7-E3950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1866DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 505
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-6410 and Atom x7-E3950 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-6410 and Atom x7-E3950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6410 and Atom x7-E3950.

PCIe version2.02.0
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.

A8-6410 1.15
Atom x7-E3950 1.21
+5.2%

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms A8-6410 by 5% in our combined 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%

A8-6410 1760
Atom x7-E3950 1864
+5.9%

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms A8-6410 by 6% 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%

A8-6410 219
Atom x7-E3950 233
+6.4%

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms A8-6410 by 6% 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%

A8-6410 582
Atom x7-E3950 717
+23.2%

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms A8-6410 by 23% 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%

A8-6410 1887
+44.7%
Atom x7-E3950 1304

A8-6410 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 45% 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%

A8-6410 5872
+55.8%
Atom x7-E3950 3769

A8-6410 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 56% 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%

A8-6410 2866
+33.2%
Atom x7-E3950 2152

A8-6410 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%

A8-6410 24.3
+24.5%
Atom x7-E3950 30.26

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms A8-6410 by 25% 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%

A8-6410 2
+26.7%
Atom x7-E3950 2

A8-6410 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 27% 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%

A8-6410 165
+32%
Atom x7-E3950 125

A8-6410 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 32% 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%

A8-6410 49
+19.5%
Atom x7-E3950 41

A8-6410 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 20% 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%

A8-6410 0.6
+17.6%
Atom x7-E3950 0.51

A8-6410 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 18% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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%

A8-6410 54
+20.6%
Atom x7-E3950 45

A8-6410 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 21% 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%

A8-6410 12
+28.3%
Atom x7-E3950 9

A8-6410 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 28% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.15 1.21
Integrated graphics card 0.86
Recency 1 June 2014 30 August 2014
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 12 Watt

We couldn't decide between A8-6410 and Atom x7-E3950. The differences in performance seem too small.


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