Core i5-12400F vs Atom x7-E3950

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x7-E3950
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.21
Core i5-12400F
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
12.64
+945%

i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by a whopping 945% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-E3950 and Core i5-12400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2251565
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data85.26
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series7x Intel Atomno data
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2016)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date30 August 2014 (9 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$57no data
Current price$377 (6.6x MSRP)$110

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-E3950 and Core i5-12400F 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature110 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Core i5-12400F 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
SocketIntel BGA 1296FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Core i5-12400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Atom x7-E3950 and Core i5-12400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Core i5-12400F 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 Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

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 Core i5-12400F.

PCIe version2.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes420

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 1.21
i5-12400F 12.64
+945%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 945% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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 1864
i5-12400F 19544
+948%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 948% 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 233
i5-12400F 2196
+842%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 842% 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 722
i5-12400F 8949
+1139%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 1139% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Atom x7-E3950 1304
i5-12400F 8389
+543%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 543% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Atom x7-E3950 3769
i5-12400F 40690
+980%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 980% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Atom x7-E3950 2152
i5-12400F 11892
+453%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 453% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Atom x7-E3950 30.26
i5-12400F 4.08
+642%

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Core i5-12400F by 642% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Atom x7-E3950 2
i5-12400F 20
+1166%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 1166% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Atom x7-E3950 125
i5-12400F 1759
+1307%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 1307% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Atom x7-E3950 41
i5-12400F 244
+495%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 495% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Atom x7-E3950 0.51
i5-12400F 2.95
+478%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 478% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x7-E3950 1
i5-12400F 9.3
+830%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 830% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x7-E3950 725
i5-12400F 7816
+978%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 978% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x7-E3950 9
i5-12400F 101
+1002%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 1002% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Atom x7-E3950 45
i5-12400F 253
+460%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 460% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.21 12.64
Recency 30 August 2014 4 January 2022
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 65 Watt

The Core i5-12400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-E3950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom x7-E3950 is a notebook processor while Core i5-12400F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x7-E3950 and Core i5-12400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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