Xeon Bronze 3204 vs Atom x5-E8000
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Bronze 3204 outperforms Atom x5-E8000 by a whopping 400% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2787 | 1627 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 13.11 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | 5x Intel Atom | Intel Xeon Bronze |
| Power efficiency | 11.50 | 3.38 |
| Architecture codename | Cherry Trail (2015−2016) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 8 February 2016 (8 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $39 | $213 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 6 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.04 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Multiplier | 10 | 19 |
| L1 cache | no data | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 8.25 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 77 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204 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 (Uniprocessor) | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2133 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 102.403 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 48 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.61 | 3.05 |
| Recency | 8 February 2016 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 85 Watt |
Atom x5-E8000 has 1600% lower power consumption.
Xeon Bronze 3204, on the other hand, has a 400% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
The Xeon Bronze 3204 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-E8000 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom x5-E8000 is a notebook processor while Xeon Bronze 3204 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x5-E8000 and Xeon Bronze 3204, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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