Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U vs Atom C3958
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U outperforms Atom C3958 by a whopping 142% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2009 | 1317 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.17 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 3.06 | 15.29 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Goldmont (2016−2017) | Renoir PRO (Zen 2) (2020) |
| Release date | 15 August 2017 (8 years ago) | 7 May 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Atom C3958 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | 25 |
| L1 cache | 896 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 83 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom C3958 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U 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 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom C3958 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| QuickAssist | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
Security technologies
Atom C3958 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Boot | + | no data |
| SGX | - | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom C3958 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom C3958 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4: 2400 | DDR4-4266 |
| Maximum memory size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 68.27 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 ( - 1400 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom C3958 and Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U.
| PCIe version | 3 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
| USB revision | 3 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 16 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | 4x10/2.5/1 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.23 | 5.40 |
| Recency | 15 August 2017 | 7 May 2020 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 4 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 15 Watt |
Atom C3958 has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U, on the other hand, has a 142.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 106.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom C3958 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom C3958 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U is a notebook one.
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