Pentium M 730 vs A8-3530MX

Place in the ranking	2464	3277
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Pentium M
Power efficiency	2.12	0.60
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3530MX and Pentium M 730 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	no data	533 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	32 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	228 mm²	87 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	144 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.26V-1.356V

Compatibility

Information on A8-3530MX and Pentium M 730 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FS1	PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3530MX and Pentium M 730. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	no data	32 Bit
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

A8-3530MX and Pentium M 730 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3530MX and Pentium M 730 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3530MX and Pentium M 730. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 6620G (444 MHz)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.01	0.17
Recency	14 June 2011	19 January 2005
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	27 Watt

A8-3530MX has a 494.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 730, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The A8-3530MX is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 730 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-3530MX and Pentium M 730, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.