Pentium N3530 vs Celeron G530
Aggregate performance score
Pentium N3530 outperforms Celeron G530 by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2968 | 2957 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 0.42 | 3.74 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 4 September 2011 (14 years ago) | 23 February 2014 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $50 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Celeron G530 and Pentium N3530 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.16 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.58 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 224 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 69 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron G530 and Pentium N3530 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 | FCLGA1155 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 7.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G530 and Pentium N3530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | no data | + |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| RST | no data | - |
Security technologies
Celeron G530 and Pentium N3530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G530 and Pentium N3530 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G530 and Pentium N3530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3L-1333 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 17 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors | Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video HD | - | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | 896 MHz |
| InTru 3D | - | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G530 and Pentium N3530 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G530 and Pentium N3530.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 and 2.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 5 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.65 | 0.66 |
| Recency | 4 September 2011 | 23 February 2014 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 7 Watt |
Pentium N3530 has a 1.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 828.6% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Celeron G530 and Intel Pentium N3530.
Note that Celeron G530 is a desktop processor while Pentium N3530 is a notebook one.
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