Atom C3950 vs i5-10300H

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1177not rated
Place by popularity34not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Atom
Power efficiency11.06no data
Architecture codenameComet Lake-H (2020)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date17 September 2020 (4 years ago)15 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$389

Detailed specifications

Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950 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)
Threads816
Base clock speed2.5 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache64K (per core)896 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)16 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C78 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1440FCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt24 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data-
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® ME-
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4: 2400
Maximum memory size128 GB256 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth45.8 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950.

PCIe version3.03
PCI Express lanes1616
USB revisionno data3
Total number of SATA portsno data16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data16
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data2x10/2.5/1 GBE + 2x1 GBE

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 September 2020 15 August 2017
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 8 16
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 24 Watt

i5-10300H has an age advantage of 3 years.

Atom C3950, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-10300H and Atom C3950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core i5-10300H is a notebook processor while Atom C3950 is a server/workstation one.


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