Xeon Bronze 3508U vs Pentium N3530
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Bronze 3508U outperforms Pentium N3530 by a whopping 846% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2815 | 1117 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.48 | 5.38 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) | no data |
| Release date | 23 February 2014 (11 years ago) | 1 October 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium N3530 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.16 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.58 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 224 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 22.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 83 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium N3530 and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7.5 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3530 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | + | no data |
| RST | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium N3530 and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3530 and Xeon Bronze 3508U are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3530 and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3L-1333 | DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC) |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
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 Xeon Bronze 3508U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3530 and Xeon Bronze 3508U.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 80 |
| 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.74 | 7.00 |
| Recency | 23 February 2014 | 1 October 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 125 Watt |
Pentium N3530 has 1685.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Bronze 3508U, on the other hand, has a 845.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Bronze 3508U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium N3530 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium N3530 is a notebook processor while Xeon Bronze 3508U is a server/workstation one.
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