Atom x5-E3930 vs x7-E3950

Place in the ranking	2354	2801
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	7x Intel Atom	5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency	9.23	7.84
Architecture codename	Apollo Lake (2014−2016)	Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date	30 August 2014 (10 years ago)	30 August 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$57	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E3930 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	1.6 GHz	1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	1.8 GHz
L1 cache	56K (per core)	56K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	110 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	103 °C	103 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E3930 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	Intel BGA 1296	Intel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E3930. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+

Security technologies

Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E3930 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E3930 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E3930. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 505

Intel HD Graphics 500

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E3930.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	4	4

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.

Atom x7-E3950 1.17
+102%

Atom x5-E3930 0.58

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.

Atom x7-E3950 1864
+101%

Atom x5-E3930 928