Information about the Intel Atom C2538 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  Intel Atom C2538
• Family
  Intel Atom
• CPU group
  Intel Atom C2000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Generation
  3

Technical and quantitative specifications of the Intel Atom C2538: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 4
• Core architecture
  normal
• Cores
  4x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Frequency
  2.40 GHz

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in Intel Atom C2538 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo

List of video codecs supported by the Intel Atom C2538 CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the Intel Atom C2538. 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
  DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  Yes
• PCIe
  2.0 x 16
• AES-NI
  Yes

Let's find out what TDP has the Intel Atom C2538? 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)
  15 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the Intel Atom C2538 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  22 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic
• Socket
  BGA 1283
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Avoton
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• Release date
  Q3/2013
• Release price
  104 $