Atom x5-E3940 vs Pentium Gold 4425Y

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 4425Y
2017
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.10
Atom x5-E3940
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 9 Watt
1.23
+11.8%

Atom x5-E3940 outperforms Pentium Gold 4425Y by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24132324
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency17.3511.64
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date21 April 2017 (7 years ago)26 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.7 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KB56K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (shared)
L3 cache2 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data103 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940 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)
SocketFCBGA1515Intel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt9.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response+no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth29.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 615Intel HD Graphics 500
Max video memory16 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Atom x5-E3940.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes104

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.10 1.23
Integrated graphics card 1.98 0.77
Recency 21 April 2017 26 October 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 9 Watt

Pentium Gold 4425Y has 157.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 months, and 50% lower power consumption.

Atom x5-E3940, on the other hand, has a 11.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

The Atom x5-E3940 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4425Y in performance tests.


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