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Intel Pentium D1509 vs Intel Atom C3538. Specifications

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Released
Q4/2015
Intel Pentium D1509
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Q3/2017
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Intel Atom C3538
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What's the best choice Intel Pentium D1509 or Intel Atom C3538? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Pentium D1509 has a base frequency of 1.50 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 19 W. Released in Q4/2015.

Intel Atom C3538 has a base frequency of 2.10 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium D1509 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    1042 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    1037 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    897 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    899 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    796 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    813 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1197 place
Intel Atom C3538 Reasons to consider
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 40% better clock speed

    2.10 GHz left arrow 1.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    4 left arrow 2
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 19 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Atom C3538 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium D1509 Intel Pentium D1509
Intel Atom C3538 Intel Atom C3538
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium D left arrow Intel Atom C3000
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Atom
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 2
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    1.5 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    1.5 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    1.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow No turbo
IGPU

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
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom C3538 and Intel Pentium D1509. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 256 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow DDR4-2133
  • PCIe lanes
    32 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium D1509 and Intel Atom C3538 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    19 W left arrow 15 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium D1509 and Intel Atom C3538, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Broadwell left arrow Denverton
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    3 MB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q4/2015 left arrow Q3/2017
  • Socket
    AM1 left arrow BGA 1310
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

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