Intel Atom Z3740D vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

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Intel Atom Z3740D CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-9600KF
Intel Atom Z3740D Intel Core i5-9600KF

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Atom Z3740D and the Intel Core i5-9600KF and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Atom Z3740D 4 core processor released in Q3/2013 with the Intel Core i5-9600KF which has 6 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2019.
Intel Atom (101) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
Intel Atom Z3700 (16) CPU group Intel Core i 9000 (34)
4 Generation 9
Bay Trail Architecture Coffee Lake S Refresh
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-10600KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom Z3740D is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.33 GHz (1.83 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i5-9600KF clocks with 3.70 GHz (4.60 GHz), has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel.

Intel Atom Z3740D Characteristic Intel Core i5-9600KF
4 Cores 6
4 Threads 6
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
1.33 GHz Frequency 3.70 GHz
1.83 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.30 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 Z3740D Characteristic Intel Core i5-9600KF
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU no iGPU
0.31 GHz GPU frequency --
0.69 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 2 GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the Intel Atom Z3740D, while the Intel Core i5-9600KF supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s enabled.

Intel Atom Z3740D Characteristic Intel Core i5-9600KF
DDR3L-1333 Memory DDR4-2666
2 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
10.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 9.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Atom Z3740D has a TDP of 4 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i5-9600KF is 95 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Atom Z3740D Characteristic Intel Core i5-9600KF
4 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Atom Z3740D has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 22 nm. The cache of Intel Core i5-9600KF is at 9.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Atom Z3740D Characteristic Intel Core i5-9600KF
22 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 592 Socket LGA 1151-2
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2013 Release date Q1/2019
-- Release price 260 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz
184 (15%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
1244 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
633 (11%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
5643 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
614 (6%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
10791 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Atom Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
73 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Atom Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
355 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
1276 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
7301 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
1561 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
6244 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
475 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
2643 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.69 GHz
44 (100%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
315.5 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
539 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz
2921 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz
204 (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 Z3740D Intel Atom Z3740D
4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
1165 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom Z3740D Intel Core i5-9600KF
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