Intel Atom x7-E3950 vs Intel Atom x7-Z8700. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Atom
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 Intel Atom x3/x5/x7

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.00 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  No turbo 2.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 505 Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.65 GHz 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  18 16
• Shader
  144 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 8
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q2/2015

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom x7-Z8700 and Intel Atom x7-E3950. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1866 LPDDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  6 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom x7-E3950 and Intel Atom x7-Z8700 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  12 W 2 W
• Tjunction max.
  110 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom x7-E3950 and Intel Atom x7-E3950, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cherry Trail Cherry Trail
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1296 BGA 138
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q1/2015