Xeon E5-1603 v3 vs Atom x7835RE
Aggregate performance score
Atom x7835RE outperforms Xeon E5-1603 v3 by an impressive 90% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1148 | 1653 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Architecture codename | Amston Lake (2024) | Haswell-EP (2014−2015) |
| Release date | 8 April 2024 (less than a year ago) | 8 September 2014 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 0 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per module) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB (shared) | 10 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | no data | 356 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 67 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,600 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.65–1.3V |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3 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 | 1 |
| Socket | Intel BGA 1264 | FCLGA2011-3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 140 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 46 Bit |
| Status | no data | Launched |
Security technologies
Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 | DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 59 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 32EU | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 9 | 40 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.43 | 2.86 |
| Recency | 8 April 2024 | 8 September 2014 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 4 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 140 Watt |
Atom x7835RE has a 89.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 120% more advanced lithography process, and 1066.7% lower power consumption.
The Atom x7835RE is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-1603 v3 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom x7835RE is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-1603 v3 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x7835RE and Xeon E5-1603 v3, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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