Atom C3958 vs Ryzen 7 1700

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700 and Atom C3958 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	764	1633
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.08	0.54
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date	22 February 2017 (7 years ago)	15 August 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 7 1700 has 1581% better value for money than Atom C3958.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700 and Atom C3958 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	8 (Octa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	896 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	213 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	83 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700 and Atom C3958 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	Socket AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Atom C3958. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Atom C3958 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Atom C3958. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	256 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Atom C3958.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Atom C3958 by 246% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.58	2.77
Recency	22 February 2017	15 August 2017
Physical cores	8	16
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	31 Watt

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