Atom C3950 vs x7-E3950

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Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2348not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series7x Intel AtomIntel Atom
Power efficiency9.27no data
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date26 October 2016 (8 years ago)15 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$57$389

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.2 GHz
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache56K (per core)896 KB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)16 MB
L3 cache0 KB16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature110 °C78 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950 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)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketIntel BGA 1296FCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt24 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-

Security technologies

Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4: 2400
Maximum memory size8 GB256 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 505no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950.

PCIe version2.03
PCI Express lanes416
USB revisionno data3
Total number of SATA portsno data16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data16
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data2x10/2.5/1 GBE + 2x1 GBE

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2016 15 August 2017
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 24 Watt

Atom x7-E3950 has 100% lower power consumption.

Atom C3950, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom x7-E3950 and Atom C3950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom x7-E3950 is a notebook processor while Atom C3950 is a server/workstation one.


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