Atom x7-E3950 vs i5-7500

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-7500
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.01
+243%
Atom x7-E3950
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.17

Core i5-7500 outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by a whopping 243% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14242372
Place by popularity70not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.06no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i57x Intel Atom
Power efficiency5.849.23
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)26 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$202$57

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950 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 speed3.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache256 KB56K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (shared)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C110 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C103 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950 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)
SocketFCLGA1151Intel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt12 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950. 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++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
SIPP+-

Security technologies

Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 505 (500 - 650 MHz)
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes164

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.

i5-7500 4.01
+243%
Atom x7-E3950 1.17

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.

i5-7500 6362
+241%
Atom x7-E3950 1864

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.

i5-7500 1282
+455%
Atom x7-E3950 231

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.

i5-7500 3521
+390%
Atom x7-E3950 718

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.

i5-7500 7247
+237%
Atom x7-E3950 2152

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.

i5-7500 9.72
+211%
Atom x7-E3950 30.26

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-7500 7
+328%
Atom x7-E3950 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i5-7500 585
+368%
Atom x7-E3950 125

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.

i5-7500 159
+288%
Atom x7-E3950 41

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark 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 loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-7500 1.83
+259%
Atom x7-E3950 0.51

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.

i5-7500 3.2
+220%
Atom x7-E3950 1

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.

i5-7500 2979
+311%
Atom x7-E3950 725

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.  

i5-7500 39
+329%
Atom x7-E3950 9

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.  

i5-7500 182
+303%
Atom x7-E3950 45

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.01 1.17
Integrated graphics card 3.11 0.93
Recency 3 January 2017 26 October 2016
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 12 Watt

i5-7500 has a 242.7% higher aggregate performance score, 234.4% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 2 months.

Atom x7-E3950, on the other hand, has 441.7% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-7500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-E3950 in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-7500 is a desktop processor while Atom x7-E3950 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-7500 and Atom x7-E3950, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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