Intel Core m5-6Y57 vs Intel Atom x7-E3950. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core M Intel Atom
• Generation
  6 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core M 6 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
  1.10 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes 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 515 Intel HD Graphics 505
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.90 GHz 0.65 GHz
• Execution units
  24 18
• Shader
  192 144
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2016

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom x7-E3950 and Intel Core m5-6Y57. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1866 LPDDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  10 6

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core m5-6Y57 and Intel Atom x7-E3950 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core m5-6Y57 and Intel Core m5-6Y57, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake Y Cherry Trail
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1515 BGA 1296
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q4/2016