AMD A8-3530MX vs AMD Phenom II X3 N850

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3530MX and AMD Phenom II X3 N850 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3530MX

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 938 vs 895
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1608 vs 1298
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1457 vs 1343
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3741 vs 3130
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 June 2011 vs 4 October 2010
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Number of threads 4 vs 3
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 1.5 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 938 vs 895
PassMark - CPU mark 1608 vs 1298
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1457 vs 1343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3741 vs 3130

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N850

  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3530MX
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 N850

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
938
895
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1608
1298
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1457
1343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
3741
3130
Name AMD A8-3530MX AMD Phenom II X3 N850
PassMark - Single thread mark 938 895
PassMark - CPU mark 1608 1298
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1457 1343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3741 3130
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 165.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 32.072

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-3530MX AMD Phenom II X3 N850

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Champlain
Launch date 14 June 2011 4 October 2010
Place in performance rating 1995 2005
Series AMD A-Series 3x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 218 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB 1.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Number of threads 4 3
Transistor count 1000 Million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1 S1 (S1g4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)