Celeron 900 vs Atom x7-E3950
Primary details
Comparing Atom x7-E3950 and Celeron 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2252 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 7x Intel Atom | no data |
| Architecture codename | Apollo Lake (2016) | no data |
| Release date | 30 August 2014 (9 years ago) | 1 January 2009 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $57 | no data |
| Current price | $377 (6.6x MSRP) | $42 |
Detailed specifications
Atom x7-E3950 and Celeron 900 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) | no data |
| Threads | 4 | no data |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 56K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 1 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 110 °C | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 103 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Celeron 900 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) | no data |
| Socket | Intel BGA 1296 | PGA478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Celeron 900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Atom x7-E3950 and Celeron 900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Celeron 900 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Celeron 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 505 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Celeron 900.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Celeron 900 by 371% in Passmark.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Celeron 900 by 7% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Celeron 900 by 218% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 August 2014 | 1 January 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 35 Watt |
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