Atom C3958 vs Xeon E5-1650

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1650 and Atom C3958 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1145	1633
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.38	0.54
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Atom
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-E (2011−2013)	Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date	March 2012 (12 years ago)	15 August 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$175	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-1650 has 341% better value for money than Atom C3958.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1650 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	no data	16
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	896 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	12288 KB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	435 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	64 °C	83 °C
Number of transistors	2270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1650 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	2011	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1650 and Atom C3958. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1650 and Atom C3958 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1650 and Atom C3958 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1650 and Atom C3958. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	no data	256 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1650 and Atom C3958.

PCI Express lanes

40

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.

Xeon E5-1650 outperforms Atom C3958 by 89% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.24	2.77
Physical cores	6	16
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	31 Watt

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