Xeon Gold 6544Y vs Atom x7-E3950
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6544Y outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by a whopping 2604% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2433 | 144 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 22.09 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | 7x Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.22 | 11.08 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Apollo Lake (2014−2016) | Emerald Rapids (2023) |
| Release date | 30 August 2014 (10 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $57 | $3,622 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 56K (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 45 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 763 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 110 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 103 °C | 75 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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) | 2 |
| Socket | Intel BGA 1296 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 270 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Gold 6544Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Gold 6544Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR5-5200 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 505 (500 - 650 MHz) | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Gold 6544Y.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 80 |
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 | 1.16 | 31.37 |
| Recency | 30 August 2014 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 16 |
| Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 270 Watt |
Atom x7-E3950 has 2150% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6544Y, on the other hand, has a 2604.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6544Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom x7-E3950 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom x7-E3950 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6544Y is a server/workstation one.
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