Intel Atom C2750 vs Intel Core i7-4790

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom C2750 and Intel Core i7-4790 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom C2750

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 97°C vs 72.72°C
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 84 Watt
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 97°C vs 72.72°C
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 32 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4790

  • Around 54% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2229 vs 693
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7267 vs 2787
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 943 vs 215
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3461 vs 1458
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2229 vs 693
PassMark - CPU mark 7267 vs 2787
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 943 vs 215
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3461 vs 1458

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom C2750
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4790

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
693
2229
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2787
7267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
215
943
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1458
3461
Name Intel Atom C2750 Intel Core i7-4790
PassMark - Single thread mark 693 2229
PassMark - CPU mark 2787 7267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 215 943
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1458 3461
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 89.044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3807
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3807

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom C2750 Intel Core i7-4790

Essentials

Architecture codename Avoton Haswell
Launch date Q3'13 1 April 2014
Place in performance rating 2883 1623
Processor Number C2750 i7-4790
Series Intel® Atom™ Processor C Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $303
Price now $278.99
Value for money (0-100) 10.55

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz 3.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 97°C 72.72°C
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Transistor count 1400 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3/DDR3L 1600 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 34 mm x 28 mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1283 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 84 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution PCG 2013D

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 16 16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 2 Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations x1,x2,x4,x8,x16 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Total number of SATA ports 6
UART
USB revision 2
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Graphics

Device ID 0x412
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.2 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)