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Pentium N3530 vs Core i7-870


Description
The N3530 is based on Silvermont architecture while the i7-870 is based on Nehalem.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the N3530 gets a score of 34.6 k points while the i7-870 gets 42.5 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-870 is 1.2 times faster than the N3530. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
30678
106e5
Core
Bay Trail-M
Lynnfield
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.167 GHz
2.933 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.58 GHz
3.6 GHz
Socket
BGA 1170
LGA 1156
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
7,5 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x24 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
2x1024 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
kB
8192 kB
Date
February 2014
September 2009
Mean monothread perf.
10.44k points
15.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
34.57k points
42.53k 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
i7-870
Test#1 (Integers)
4.86k
5.86k (x1.21)
Test#2 (FP)
2.5k
4.53k (x1.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.82k
2.36k (x1.29)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.26k
2.69k (x2.14)
TOTAL
10.44k
15.44k (x1.48)

Multithread

N3530

i7-870
Test#1 (Integers)
17.22k
17.53k (x1.02)
Test#2 (FP)
8.89k
13.65k (x1.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.89k
7.93k (x1.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.57k
3.41k (x2.17)
TOTAL
34.57k
42.53k (x1.23)

Performance/W
N3530
i7-870
Test#1 (Integers)
2460 points/W
185 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1269 points/W
144 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
984 points/W
83 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
225 points/W
36 points/W
TOTAL
4938 points/W
448 points/W

Performance/GHz
N3530
i7-870
Test#1 (Integers)
1884 points/GHz
1629 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
967 points/GHz
1257 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
707 points/GHz
655 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
488 points/GHz
748 points/GHz
TOTAL
4047 points/GHz
4289 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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