Atom C3538: specs and benchmarks

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Atom C3538
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.19

Atom C3538 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.19% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Atom C3538 sales 15 August 2017 at a recommended price of $75. This is a Goldmont architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2100 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1310 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR4: 2133 memory.

Primary details

Atom C3538 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2362
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Atom
Power efficiency7.51of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameGoldmont (2016−2017)
Release date15 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed2.1 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.1 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Multiplier21of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache224 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache8 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache8 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature87 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Atom C3538 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom C3538. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
QuickAssist+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+
Secure Boot+
Secure Key+
SGX-
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Atom C3538's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4: 2133
Maximum memory size256 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth29.871 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes12of 128 (EPYC 7551P)
USB revision3
Total number of SATA ports12
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports12
Number of USB ports8
Integrated LAN2x10/2.5/1 GBE + 2x2.5/1 GBE

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Atom C3538. Overall benchmark performance 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 C3538 1.19

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.

Atom C3538 1889

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.

Atom C3538 255

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.

Atom C3538 895

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Atom C3538's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon E5507 101.68
Opteron X2170 100.84
Atom C3538 100
Xeon E5345 99.16
Xeon L5335 91.6
Xeon E5405 90.76

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