Intel Atom x7-E3950 vs Intel Core i5-12600K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Core i5
• Generation
  1 12
• CPU group
  Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-11600K

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 3.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 10
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.00 GHz 4.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 16
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 6x Golden Cove
• B core
  -- 4x Gracemont

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 Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.65 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  18 32
• Shader
  144 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Generation
  9 12
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q4/2021

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 / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12600K and Intel Atom x7-E3950. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1866 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 256 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 5.0
• PCIe lanes
  6 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom x7-E3950 and Intel Core i5-12600K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  12 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 228 W / 56 s
• Tjunction max.
  110 °C 100 °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, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cherry Trail Alder Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1296 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  -- BX8071512600K