Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y vs Intel Atom C3950

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Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom C3950
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y Intel Atom C3950

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y or Intel Atom C3950 - 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 Pentium Gold 4415Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y was released in Q1/2019.

The Intel Atom C3950 has 16 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom C3950 was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Atom (108)
Intel Pentium 4400 (5) CPU group Intel Atom C3000 (20)
7 Generation 5
Kaby Lake U Architecture Denverton
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz. The Intel Atom C3950 has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz (2.20 GHz).

Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y Characteristic Intel Atom C3950
2 Cores 16
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz Frequency 1.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.20 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 Pentium Gold 4415Y Characteristic Intel Atom C3950
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU no iGPU
0.30 GHz GPU frequency --
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 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.

Intel HD Graphics 615 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 Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom C3950 can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y Characteristic Intel Atom C3950
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR4-2400
16 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 16.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
10 PCIe lanes 16
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y has a TDP of 6 W, that of the Intel Atom C3950 is 24 W.

Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y Characteristic Intel Atom C3950
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 24 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Atom C3950 cache has a total of 16.00 MB.

Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y Characteristic Intel Atom C3950
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
BGA 1515 Socket BGA 1310
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, Linux
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2017
161 $ Release price 389 $
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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 Pentium Gold 4415Y Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
407 (100%)
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
893 (100%)
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 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.
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.85 GHz
326 (100%)
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
1590 (100%)
Intel Atom C3950 Intel Atom C3950
16C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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