Atom C3950: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Atom C3950 sales 15 August 2017 at a recommended price of $389. This is a Goldmont architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 16 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2200 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1310 processor with a TDP of 24 Watt. It supports DDR4: 2400 memory.
Primary details
Atom C3950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | Intel Atom | |
| Architecture codename | Goldmont (2016−2017) | |
| Release date | 15 August 2017 (7 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $389 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
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 cores | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.7 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Multiplier | 17 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 896 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom C3950 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA1310 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 24 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom C3950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| QuickAssist | - | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| 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 C3950's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4: 2400 | |
| Maximum memory size | 256 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
| USB revision | 3 | |
| Total number of SATA ports | 16 | |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 16 | |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | |
| Integrated LAN | 2x10/2.5/1 GBE + 2x1 GBE |
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