Xeon Silver 4314 vs Atom x7-E3950

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x7-E3950
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.22
Xeon Silver 4314
2021
16 cores / 32 threads, 135 Watt
18.92
+1451%

Xeon Silver 4314 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by a whopping 1451% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Silver 4314 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2351324
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series7x Intel Atomno data
Power efficiency9.2712.78
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date26 October 2016 (8 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$57no data

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Silver 4314 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature110 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °C86 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Silver 4314 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)2
SocketIntel BGA 1296FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Silver 4314. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Silver 4314 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Silver 4314 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 Xeon Silver 4314. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size8 GB6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 505no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Silver 4314.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes464

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 1.22
Xeon Silver 4314 18.92
+1451%

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
Xeon Silver 4314 28954
+1453%

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
Xeon Silver 4314 1285
+456%

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
Xeon Silver 4314 9243
+1187%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.22 18.92
Recency 26 October 2016 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 4 32
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 135 Watt

Atom x7-E3950 has 1025% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4314, on the other hand, has a 1450.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4314 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-E3950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom x7-E3950 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4314 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x7-E3950 and Xeon Silver 4314, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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