Intel Atom C2316 vs Intel Pentium G3250

Let's find out which one of Intel Atom C2316 and Intel Pentium G3250 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Atom C2316 Intel Pentium G3250
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Pentium
• CPU group
  Intel Atom C2000 Intel Pentium G3000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  3 5

In this block we are going to compare Intel Atom C2316 vs Intel Pentium G3250 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  1.50 GHz 3.20 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Atom C2316 and Intel Pentium G3250 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  10
• Shader
  80
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7.5
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2012

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Atom C2316 and Intel Pentium G3250. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode

To choose the best model between Intel Atom C2316 and Intel Pentium G3250 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Atom C2316 or Intel Pentium G3250? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  7 W 53 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 \xc2\xb0C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Atom C2316 and Intel Pentium G3250 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1283 LGA 1150
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Avoton Haswell S
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2014