Pentium 4425Y vs Atom x7-E3950

Aggregate performance score

Atom x7-E3950
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.18
+10.3%
Pentium 4425Y
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.07

Atom x7-E3950 outperforms Pentium 4425Y by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23542411
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series7x Intel Atomno data
Power efficiency9.2716.81
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)no data
Release date26 October 2016 (8 years ago)1 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$57no data

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Bus rateno data4 GT/s QPI
L1 cache56K (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (shared)no data
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature110 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y 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 1296FCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1
AES-NI++
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data29.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 505no data
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Pentium 4425Y.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes410

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 1.18
+10.3%
Pentium 4425Y 1.07

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
+9.8%
Pentium 4425Y 1697

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.18 1.07
Recency 26 October 2016 1 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 6 Watt

Atom x7-E3950 has a 10.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

Pentium 4425Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Atom x7-E3950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4425Y in performance tests.


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