Intel Atom C3950 vs Samsung Exynos 3110

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Intel Atom C3950 CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 3110
Intel Atom C3950 Samsung Exynos 3110

CPU comparison

Intel Atom C3950 or Samsung Exynos 3110 - 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 Samsung Exynos 3110 has 1 cores with 1 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 3110 was released in 2009.
Intel Atom (108) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
Intel Atom C3000 (20) CPU group Samsung Exynos 3100 (1)
5 Generation 1
Denverton Architecture Cortex-A8
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

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 Samsung Exynos 3110 has 1 CPU cores and 1 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 3110 is at 1.00 GHz.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3110
16 Cores 1
16 Threads 1
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz Frequency 1.00 GHz
2.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.20 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.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3110
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Atom C3950 or Samsung Exynos 3110 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 PowerVR SGX540
GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 45nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 1
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 10.1

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 PowerVR SGX540
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

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 Samsung Exynos 3110 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3110
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR2-400
256 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
16.00 MB L2 Cache 0.50 MB
-- L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Atom C3950 is 24 W, while the Samsung Exynos 3110 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3110
24 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- 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 Samsung Exynos 3110 is manufactured in 45 nm and has a 0.50 MB cache.

Intel Atom C3950 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3110
14 nm Technology 45 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1310 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2017 Release date 2009
389 $ Release price --
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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%)
Samsung Exynos 3110 Samsung Exynos 3110
PowerVR SGX540 @ 0.20 GHz
3 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom C3950 Samsung Exynos 3110
Unknown Samsung Google Nexus S
Samsung Galaxy S 4G

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