Pentium 3550M vs Atom x7-E3950
Aggregate performance score
Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Pentium 3550M by a considerable 47% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2571 | 2819 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.06 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 7x Intel Atom | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 3.75 | 0.83 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Apollo Lake (2014−2016) | Haswell (2013−2015) |
| Release date | 30 August 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $57 | $134 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 3550M 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 | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 56K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | no data | 118 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 110 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 103 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 3550M 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 |
| Socket | Intel BGA 1296 | FCPGA946 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 37 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 3550M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
Security technologies
Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 3550M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 3550M are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 3550M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 505 (500 - 650 MHz) | Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 3550M integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| VGA | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 3550M.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 16 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.07 | 0.73 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.83 | 0.69 |
| Recency | 30 August 2014 | 1 September 2013 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 37 Watt |
Atom x7-E3950 has a 46.6% higher aggregate performance score, 20.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 208.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Atom x7-E3950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 3550M in performance tests.
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