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Intel Atom C2538 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C2538 | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Atom (108) | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) |
| CPU group | Intel Atom C2000 (7) | AMD Ryzen 9000 (17) |
| Architecture | Avoton | Granite Ridge (Zen 5) |
| Technology | 22 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | BGA 1283 | AM5 (LGA 1718) |
| Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Atom C2538 | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 6x Zen 5 |
| Frequency: | 2.40 GHz | 3.80 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 5.20 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Atom C2538 | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 2.20 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 2 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Atom C2538 | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Atom C2538 | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | Yes |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 5.0 x 24 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 94.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Atom C2538 | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 88 W | |
| TDP up | 105 W | |
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 95 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C2538 | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date | Q3/2013 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | 104 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
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