Pentium E5200 vs Atom C3538
Aggregate performance score
Atom C3538 outperforms Pentium E5200 by a whopping 104% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2604 | 3085 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.04 | 1.13 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.06 | 0.35 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Goldmont (2016−2017) | Wolfdale (2008−2010) |
| Release date | 15 August 2017 (8 years ago) | August 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | $99 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Pentium E5200 has 2725% better value for money than Atom C3538.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Atom C3538 and Pentium E5200 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 224 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 82 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 87 °C | 74 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 228 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.85V-1.3625V |
Compatibility
Information on Atom C3538 and Pentium E5200 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA1310 | LGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom C3538 and Pentium E5200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| QuickAssist | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Atom C3538 and Pentium E5200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Boot | + | no data |
| SGX | - | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom C3538 and Pentium E5200 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom C3538 and Pentium E5200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4: 2133 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 256 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 29.871 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom C3538 and Pentium E5200.
| PCIe version | 3 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
| USB revision | 3 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 12 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | 2x10/2.5/1 GBE + 2x2.5/1 GBE | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.08 | 0.53 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Atom C3538 has a 103.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Atom C3538 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium E5200 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom C3538 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium E5200 is a desktop one.
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