Intel Core m3-6Y30 vs Atom x7-E3950

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Combined performance score

Atom x7-E3950
1.21

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 17% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking21992079
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series7x Intel AtomIntel Core m3
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2016)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date30 August 2014 (9 years old)1 September 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$57$281
Current price$377 (6.6x MSRP)$531 (1.9x MSRP)

Technical specs

Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz0.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.2 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mm
Maximum core temperature110 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30 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 1296FCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt4.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30. 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)++
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPPno data-
Smart Responseno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPXno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3, DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data29.8 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 505Intel HD Graphics 515
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes410

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
m3-6Y30 1.41
+16.5%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 17% in our combined 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
m3-6Y30 2166
+16.2%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 16% in Passmark.

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
m3-6Y30 3388
+160%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 160% 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
m3-6Y30 7158
+89.9%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 90% 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
m3-6Y30 2780
+29.2%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 29% 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
m3-6Y30 24.1
+25.6%

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Core m3-6Y30 by 26% 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
m3-6Y30 2
+41.6%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 42% 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
m3-6Y30 204
+63.2%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 63% 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
m3-6Y30 86
+109%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 109% 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
m3-6Y30 0.99
+94.1%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 94% 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
m3-6Y30 1.2
+20%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 20% 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
m3-6Y30 1725
+138%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 138% in WinRAR 4.0.

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
m3-6Y30 73
+61.6%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 62% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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
m3-6Y30 13
+44.6%

Core m3-6Y30 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 45% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.21 1.41
Integrated graphics card 0.86 1.36
Recency 30 August 2014 1 September 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Cost $57 $281
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 4 Watt

The Core m3-6Y30 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-E3950 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x7-E3950 and Core m3-6Y30, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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