Atom x7-E3950 vs Core i5-9400F

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-9400F
2019
6 cores / 6 threads, 65 Watt
6.12
+406%

i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by a whopping 406% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking10212251
Place by popularity29not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.59no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i57x Intel Atom
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-R (2018−2019)Apollo Lake (2016)
Release date8 January 2019 (5 years ago)30 August 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$182$57
Current price$127 (0.7x MSRP)$377 (6.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.9 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)56K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (shared)
L3 cache9 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size149 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C110 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C103 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1151Intel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt12 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 505

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes164

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.

i5-9400F 6.12
+406%
Atom x7-E3950 1.21

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 406% 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%

i5-9400F 9470
+408%
Atom x7-E3950 1864

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 408% 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%

i5-9400F 1382
+493%
Atom x7-E3950 233

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 493% 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%

i5-9400F 4835
+570%
Atom x7-E3950 722

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 570% 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%

i5-9400F 6490
+398%
Atom x7-E3950 1304

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 398% 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%

i5-9400F 31523
+736%
Atom x7-E3950 3769

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 736% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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%

i5-9400F 6.76
+348%
Atom x7-E3950 30.26

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Core i5-9400F by 348% 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%

i5-9400F 11
+600%
Atom x7-E3950 2

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 600% 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%

i5-9400F 984
+687%
Atom x7-E3950 125

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 687% 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%

i5-9400F 173
+322%
Atom x7-E3950 41

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 322% 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%

i5-9400F 1.95
+282%
Atom x7-E3950 0.51

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 282% 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%

i5-9400F 5.2
+420%
Atom x7-E3950 1

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 420% 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%

i5-9400F 5794
+699%
Atom x7-E3950 725

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 699% 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%

i5-9400F 64
+596%
Atom x7-E3950 9

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 596% 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%

i5-9400F 234
+419%
Atom x7-E3950 45

Core i5-9400F outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by 419% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.12 1.21
Recency 8 January 2019 30 August 2014
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 4
Cost $182 $57
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 12 Watt

The Core i5-9400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-E3950 in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-9400F is a desktop processor while Atom x7-E3950 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-9400F and Atom x7-E3950, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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