Atom x5-E8000 vs x7-E3950

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x7-E3950
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.17
+91.8%
Atom x5-E8000
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
0.61

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Atom x5-E8000 by an impressive 92% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E8000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23722804
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series7x Intel Atom5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency9.2211.54
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date30 August 2014 (10 years ago)8 February 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$57$39

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E8000 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 speed2 GHz1.04 GHz
Multiplierno data10
L1 cache56K (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (shared)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature110 °C90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E8000 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketIntel BGA 1296no data
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E8000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++

Security technologies

Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E8000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E8000 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E8000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB8 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 505 (500 - 650 MHz)Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (320 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Atom x5-E8000.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes44

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 x7-E3950 1.17
+91.8%
Atom x5-E8000 0.61

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 x7-E3950 1864
+93.8%
Atom x5-E8000 962

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 x7-E3950 231
+54%
Atom x5-E8000 150

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 x7-E3950 718
+73.8%
Atom x5-E8000 413

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Atom x7-E3950 1304
+43.3%
Atom x5-E8000 910

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Atom x7-E3950 3769
+17.1%
Atom x5-E8000 3219

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Atom x7-E3950 2152
+26.3%
Atom x5-E8000 1704

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Atom x7-E3950 30.26
+14.2%
Atom x5-E8000 34.57

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Atom x7-E3950 125
+33%
Atom x5-E8000 94

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Atom x7-E3950 41
+51.9%
Atom x5-E8000 27

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Atom x7-E3950 1
+81.8%
Atom x5-E8000 0.6

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Atom x7-E3950 725
+23.3%
Atom x5-E8000 588

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Atom x7-E3950 9
+21.5%
Atom x5-E8000 8

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Atom x7-E3950 45
+22.8%
Atom x5-E8000 37

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.17 0.61
Integrated graphics card 0.93 0.77
Recency 30 August 2014 8 February 2016
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 5 Watt

Atom x7-E3950 has a 91.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 20.8% faster integrated GPU.

Atom x5-E8000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 140% lower power consumption.

The Atom x7-E3950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-E8000 in performance tests.


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