i3-530 vs Athlon II X4 651K

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2520
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.14
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data1.23
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Clarkdale (2010−2011)
Release date14 November 2011 (13 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$60

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3 GHz2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz0.93 GHz
Bus rateno data2.5 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size228 mm281 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data73 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million382 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530 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 configuration11
SocketFM1FCLGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt73 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16.38 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Video HDno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 November 2011 7 January 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 73 Watt

Athlon II X4 651K has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores.

i3-530, on the other hand, has 37% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X4 651K and Core i3-530. We've got no test results to judge.


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