Intel Atom C3950 vs Intel Core i5-8300H

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Intel Atom C3950 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-8300H
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Core i5-8300H

CPU comparison

Intel Atom C3950 or Intel Core i5-8300H - 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 Intel Atom C3950 has 16 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom C3950 was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Core i5-8300H has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8300H was released in Q2/2018.
Intel Atom (101) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
Intel Atom C3000 (20) CPU group Intel Core i 8000H (6)
5 Generation 8
Denverton Architecture Coffee Lake H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-9300H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom C3950 has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom C3950 is 1.70 GHz (2.20 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-8300H has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-8300H is at 2.30 GHz (4.00 GHz).

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8300H
16 Cores 4
16 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
2.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.00 GHz
2.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

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.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8300H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Atom C3950 or Intel Core i5-8300H 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.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom C3950 can use up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-8300H supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8300H
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-2666
256 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
Yes ECC No
16.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 8.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 16
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Atom C3950 is 24 W, while the Intel Core i5-8300H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8300H
24 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Atom C3950 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 16.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-8300H is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Intel Core i5-8300H
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1310 Socket BGA 1440
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2018
389 $ Release price --
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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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1026 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3401 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1254 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3776 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
397 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1689 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
48 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
7504 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
487.6 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
417 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1833 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
169 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-8300H Intel Core i5-8300H
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
795 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom C3950 Intel Core i5-8300H
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