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Pentium N3530 vs Core i5-M 540


Description
The N3530 is based on Silvermont architecture while the i5-M 540 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the N3530 gets a score of 34.6 k points while the i5-M 540 gets 29.5 k points.

Summarizing, the N3530 is 1.2 times faster than the i5-M 540. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
30678
20652
Core
Bay Trail-M
Arrandale
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.167 GHz
1.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.58 GHz
2.8 GHz
Socket
BGA 1170
FC-PGA10
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/4
TDP
7,5 W
35 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x24 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2x1024 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
kB
3072 kB
Date
February 2014
January 2010
Mean monothread perf.
10.44k points
15.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
34.57k points
29.54k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
N3530
i5-M 540
Test#1 (Integers)
4.86k
6.7k (x1.38)
Test#2 (FP)
2.5k
4.54k (x1.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.82k
2.48k (x1.36)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.26k
1.32k (x1.05)
TOTAL
10.44k
15.05k (x1.44)

Multithread

N3530

i5-M 540
Test#1 (Integers)
17.22k
12.27k (x0.71)
Test#2 (FP)
8.89k
9.7k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.89k
5.97k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.57k
1.59k (x1.01)
TOTAL
34.57k
29.54k (x0.85)

Performance/W
N3530
i5-M 540
Test#1 (Integers)
2460 points/W
351 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1269 points/W
277 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
984 points/W
171 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
225 points/W
46 points/W
TOTAL
4938 points/W
844 points/W

Performance/GHz
N3530
i5-M 540
Test#1 (Integers)
1884 points/GHz
2394 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
967 points/GHz
1622 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
707 points/GHz
885 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
488 points/GHz
473 points/GHz
TOTAL
4047 points/GHz
5373 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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