Turion II Ultra M640 vs Pentium N3530

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2971not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Turion II Ultra
DesignerIntelAMD
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Caspian (2009)
Release date23 February 2014 (11 years ago)10 September 2009 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3530 and Turion II Ultra M640 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.16 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.58 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache224 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache2 MBno data
Chip lithography22 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3530 and Turion II Ultra M640 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1170Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt2 MB

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3530 and Turion II Ultra M640. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Smart Connect+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3530 and Turion II Ultra M640 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3530 and Turion II Ultra M640 are enumerated here.

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 Ultra M640. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1333DDR2
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Seriesno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency896 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3530 and Turion II Ultra M640 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3530 and Turion II Ultra M640.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 February 2014 10 September 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 2 Watt

Pentium N3530 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 104.5% more advanced lithography process.

Turion II Ultra M640, on the other hand, has 250% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Intel Pentium N3530 and AMD Turion II Ultra M640. We've got no test results to judge.

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