Intel Pentium P6100 vs AMD Turion II N530

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Combined performance score

Turion II N530
0.56

Pentium P6100 outperforms Turion II N530 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26752664
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIIntel Pentium
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date12 May 2010 (13 years old)26 September 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$12
Current price$40 $14 (1.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz2 GHz
Bus support3600 MHz2500 MHz
L1 cache265 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data384 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0no data
AES-NIno data-
FMAno data+
VirusProtect+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.1 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data1

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.

Turion II N530 0.56
Pentium P6100 0.57
+1.8%

Pentium P6100 outperforms Turion II N530 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Turion II N530 855
Pentium P6100 877
+2.6%

Pentium P6100 outperforms Turion II N530 by 3% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Turion II N530 2245
+0%
Pentium P6100 2245

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Turion II N530 4335
Pentium P6100 4355
+0.5%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Turion II N530 2128
+15.5%
Pentium P6100 1843

Turion II N530 outperforms Pentium P6100 by 15% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Turion II N530 30.4
+10.5%
Pentium P6100 33.6

Pentium P6100 outperforms Turion II N530 by 11% in wPrime 32.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.56 0.57
Recency 12 May 2010 26 September 2010
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm

We couldn't decide between Turion II N530 and Pentium P6100. The differences in performance seem too small.


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