Xeon Gold 5318Y vs Atom x5-E3940

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x5-E3940
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 9 Watt
1.09
Xeon Gold 5318Y
2021
24 cores / 48 threads, 165 Watt
18.86
+1630%

Xeon Gold 5318Y outperforms Atom x5-E3940 by a whopping 1630% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2583353
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Power efficiency4.614.83
DesignerIntelIntel
ManufacturerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date26 October 2016 (8 years ago)6 April 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-E3940 and Xeon Gold 5318Y 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °C87 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-E3940 and Xeon Gold 5318Y 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketIntel BGA 1296FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)9.5 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-E3940 and Xeon Gold 5318Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom x5-E3940 and Xeon Gold 5318Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-E3940 and Xeon Gold 5318Y are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-E3940 and Xeon Gold 5318Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size8 GB6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 500no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-E3940 and Xeon Gold 5318Y.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes464

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.

Atom x5-E3940 1.09
Xeon Gold 5318Y 18.86
+1630%

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.

Atom x5-E3940 1908
Samples: 19
Xeon Gold 5318Y 33139
+1637%
Samples: 5

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.09 18.86
Recency 26 October 2016 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 48
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 9 Watt 165 Watt

Atom x5-E3940 has 1733.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318Y, on the other hand, has a 1630.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom x5-E3940 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom x5-E3940 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5318Y is a server/workstation one.

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