E1-1500 vs Atom C3538

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Primary details

Comparing Atom C3538 and E1-1500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2347not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel AtomAMD E-Series
Power efficiency7.51no data
Architecture codenameGoldmont (2016−2017)Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date15 August 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom C3538 and E1-1500 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.48 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache224 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm40 nm
Die sizeno data75 mm2
Maximum core temperature87 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom C3538 and E1-1500 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1310FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom C3538 and E1-1500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
AES-NI+-
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
QuickAssist+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data

Security technologies

Atom C3538 and E1-1500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom C3538 and E1-1500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom C3538 and E1-1500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4: 2133DDR3
Maximum memory size256 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth29.871 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7310

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom C3538 and E1-1500.

PCIe version3no data
PCI Express lanes12no data
USB revision3no data
Total number of SATA ports12no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports12no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN2x10/2.5/1 GBE + 2x2.5/1 GBEno data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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
+375%
E1-1500 398

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
+136%
E1-1500 108

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
+369%
E1-1500 191

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2017 6 January 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 18 Watt

Atom C3538 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Atom C3538 and E1-1500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom C3538 is a server/workstation processor while E1-1500 is a desktop one.


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