AMD A8-3530MX vs AMD Turion II N530

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3530MX and AMD Turion II N530 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. 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 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 93% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 88% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1608 vs 855
• Around 68% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3741 vs 2232

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II N530

• Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 968 vs 938

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3530MX
CPU 2: AMD Turion II N530

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	938 968
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1608 855
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1457 1453
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	3741 2232

Compare specifications (specs)