Intel Pentium J2900 vs Intel Atom x7-E3950

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Intel Pentium J2900 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom x7-E3950
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Atom x7-E3950

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium J2900 or Intel Atom x7-E3950 - 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 J2900 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.67 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J2900 was released in Q4/2013.

The Intel Atom x7-E3950 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Atom x7-E3950 was released in Q4/2016.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Atom (101)
Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6) CPU group Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9)
6 Generation 5
Bay Trail Architecture Cherry Trail
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J2900 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium J2900 is 2.41 GHz (2.67 GHz) while the Intel Atom x7-E3950 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom x7-E3950 is at 1.60 GHz (2.00 GHz).

Intel Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Atom x7-E3950
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.41 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
2.67 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.00 GHz
2.67 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 Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Atom x7-E3950
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium J2900 or Intel Atom x7-E3950 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU Intel HD Graphics 505
0.69 GHz GPU frequency 0.50 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.65 GHz
7 GPU Generation 9
22 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 18
32 Shader 144
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
11.2 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU Intel HD Graphics 505
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium J2900 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Atom x7-E3950 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Atom x7-E3950
DDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR3-1866
8 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 2.0
4 PCIe lanes 6
2.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium J2900 is 10 W, while the Intel Atom x7-E3950 has a TDP of 12 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Atom x7-E3950
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 12 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium J2900 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Atom x7-E3950 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium J2900 Characteristic Intel Atom x7-E3950
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
BGA 1170 Socket BGA 1296
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q4/2013 Release date Q4/2016
-- Release price 57 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
240 (78%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
307 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
765 (66%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1154 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
195 (79%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
246 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
576 (73%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
784 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz
57 (31%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
Intel HD Graphics 505 @ 0.65 GHz
187 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
1240 (59%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
2103 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
44 (100%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
40 (91%)

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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
161 (100%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
124 (77%)

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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
94 (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 Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x7-E3950 Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
275 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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Unknown Tesla Entertainment CPU before 2021

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