Turion II P560 vs Pentium N3530

Place in performance ranking	2619	2794
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD Turion II
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	23 February 2014 (10 years ago)	19 October 2010 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.16 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.58 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	224 KB	265 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1170	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no data
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium N3530 0.77
+35.1%

Turion II P560 0.57

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.

Pentium N3530 1189
+35.4%

Turion II P560 878

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.

Pentium N3530 190

Turion II P560 324
+70.5%

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.

Pentium N3530 547

Turion II P560 573
+4.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.77	0.57
Recency	23 February 2014	19 October 2010
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	25 Watt

Pentium N3530 has a 35.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

The Pentium N3530 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P560 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium N3530 and Turion II P560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.