Atom x5-E3940 vs Pentium Gold G5500
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold G5500 outperforms Atom x5-E3940 by an impressive 96% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Gold G5500 and Atom x5-E3940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1798 | 2341 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.74 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium Gold | 5x Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 4.47 | 11.63 |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) | Apollo Lake (2014−2016) |
| Release date | 2 April 2018 (6 years ago) | 30 August 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium Gold G5500 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 38 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 56K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 126 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | 103 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Gold G5500 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | 1151 | Intel BGA 1296 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 51 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Atom x5-E3940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
Security technologies
Pentium Gold G5500 and Atom x5-E3940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Atom x5-E3940 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Atom x5-E3940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR3-1866 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel HD Graphics 500 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Atom x5-E3940.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.39 | 1.22 |
| Integrated graphics card | 3.10 | 0.78 |
| Recency | 2 April 2018 | 30 August 2014 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 51 Watt | 10 Watt |
Pentium Gold G5500 has a 95.9% higher aggregate performance score, 297.4% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 3 years.
Atom x5-E3940, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores, and 410% lower power consumption.
The Pentium Gold G5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-E3940 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium Gold G5500 is a desktop processor while Atom x5-E3940 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold G5500 and Atom x5-E3940, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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