AMD Ryzen 3 5425U vs Intel Atom C3958

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AMD Ryzen 3 5425U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom C3958
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U Intel Atom C3958

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 3 5425U or Intel Atom C3958 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 3 5425U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 5425U was released in Q1/2022.

The Intel Atom C3958 has 16 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom C3958 was released in Q3/2017.
AMD Ryzen 3 (33) Family Intel Atom (108)
AMD Ryzen 5025U/7030U (9) CPU group Intel Atom C3000 (20)
4 Generation 5
Barcelo (Zen 3) Architecture Denverton
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 3 5425U has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 3 5425U is 2.60 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the Intel Atom C3958 has 16 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom C3958 is at 2.00 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 3 5425U Characteristic Intel Atom C3958
4 Cores 16
8 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 3 5425U Characteristic Intel Atom C3958
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 3 5425U or Intel Atom C3958 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
384 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 3 5425U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Atom C3958 supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 3 5425U Characteristic Intel Atom C3958
LPDDR4X-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2400
32 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
1.00 MB L2 Cache 16.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 16
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 3 5425U is 15 W, while the Intel Atom C3958 has a TDP of 31 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 3 5425U Characteristic Intel Atom C3958
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 31 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 3 5425U is manufactured in 7 nm and has 9.00 MB cache. The Intel Atom C3958 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 16.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 3 5425U Characteristic Intel Atom C3958
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FP6 Socket BGA 1310
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 449 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 (25%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 (63%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1346 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
332 (25%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4701 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
4134 (88%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
11570 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
4281 (37%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1324 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
6020 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1663 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4796 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz
1152 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
549 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2850 (100%)
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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