N100 vs Atom x5-E3940

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x5-E3940
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.23
N100
2023
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
3.45
+180%

N100 outperforms Atom x5-E3940 by a whopping 180% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-E3940 and N100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23241556
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Power efficiency11.6354.38
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)no data
Release date30 August 2014 (10 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-E3940 and N100 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (shared)no data
L3 cache0 KB6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-E3940 and N100 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
SocketIntel BGA 1296FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-E3940 and N100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Atom x5-E3940 and N100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-E3940 and N100 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-E3940 and N100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 500Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-E3940 and N100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-E3940 and N100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x5-E3940 and N100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-E3940 and N100.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes49
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

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.

Atom x5-E3940 1.23
N100 3.45
+180%

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 x5-E3940 1953
N100 5478
+180%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.23 3.45
Integrated graphics card 0.77 5.58
Recency 30 August 2014 1 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 6 Watt

N100 has a 180.5% higher aggregate performance score, 624.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The N100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-E3940 in performance tests.


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