Atom x5-E3940 vs D525

Primary details

Comparing Atom D525 and Atom x5-E3940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2300
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency	no data	11.67
Architecture codename	Pinetrail (2009−2011)	Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date	21 June 2010 (14 years ago)	30 August 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$63	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom D525 and Atom x5-E3940 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.83 GHz	1.8 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	56K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	66 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	103 °C
Number of transistors	176 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom D525 and Atom x5-E3940 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA559	Intel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D525 and Atom x5-E3940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Atom D525 and Atom x5-E3940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D525 and Atom x5-E3940 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D525 and Atom x5-E3940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2, DDR3	DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	4 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel GMA 3150

Intel HD Graphics 500

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D525 and Atom x5-E3940.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 June 2010	30 August 2014
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	10 Watt

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