Intel Atom x5-E3930 vs AMD FX-9830P

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom x5-E3930 and AMD FX-9830P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom x5-E3930

  • Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 110°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 6.5 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum core temperature 110°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6.5 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-9830P

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 106% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 1.80 GHz
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1582 vs 642
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3332 vs 928
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 1.80 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1582 vs 642
PassMark - CPU mark 3332 vs 928

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom x5-E3930
CPU 2: AMD FX-9830P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
642
1582
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
928
3332
Name Intel Atom x5-E3930 AMD FX-9830P
PassMark - Single thread mark 642 1582
PassMark - CPU mark 928 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 558
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1118
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2164
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2164
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 435
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1292

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom x5-E3930 AMD FX-9830P

Essentials

Architecture codename Apollo Lake Bristol Ridge
Launch date Q4'16 1 June 2016
Place in performance rating 2202 2178
Processor Number E3930
Series Intel® Atom™ Processor X Series AMD FX-Series Processors for Laptops
Status Announced
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop
Family AMD FX-Series Processors
OPN Tray FM983PAEY44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.30 GHz 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 110°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 1.80 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Operating Temperature Range -40°C to 85°C
Die size 250 mm
L2 cache 2 MB
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 3100 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB
Supported memory types DDR3L (ECC and Non ECC) up to 1866 MT/s;LPDDR4 up to 2133 MT/s
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x5A85
Execution Units 12
Graphics base frequency 400 MHz
Graphics max frequency 550 MHz 900 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 500 AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2160 @60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 3840x2160 @30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX Yes 12
OpenGL Yes
Vulkan

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 24mm x 31mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1296 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6.5 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP 25-45 Watt

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 6
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2
Number of USB ports 8
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations x4,x2,x1
Total number of SATA ports 2
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

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)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Rapid Storage technology (RST)
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 40-bit
Smart Connect
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)

Virtualization

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