AMD C-30 vs AMD Phenom II X3 N830

Comparative analysis of AMD C-30 and AMD Phenom II X3 N830 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD C-30

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 40 nm vs 45 nm
  • 3.9x lower typical power consumption: 9 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 9 November 2010 vs 12 May 2010
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 9 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N830

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
  • 2 more threads: 3 vs 1
  • Around 75% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 823 vs 375
  • 6.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1222 vs 178
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 3 vs 1
Number of threads 3 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
L2 cache 1536 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 823 vs 375
PassMark - CPU mark 1222 vs 178

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD C-30
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 N830

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
375
823
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
178
1222
Name AMD C-30 AMD Phenom II X3 N830
PassMark - Single thread mark 375 823
PassMark - CPU mark 178 1222
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 271
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.19

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD C-30 AMD Phenom II X3 N830

Essentials

Architecture codename Ontario Champlain
Launch date 9 November 2010 12 May 2010
Place in performance rating 3177 3180
Series AMD C-Series 3x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 75 mm
L1 cache 64 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 1536 KB
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 1.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 1 3
Number of threads 1 3
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FT1 BGA 413-Ball S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 9 Watt 35 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)