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Released May, 2010
AMD Turion II N530
- 2.5 GHz
- Dual core
5.1 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the AMD Turion II N530
 | Much lower typical power consumption 28.44W | | Much lower annual home energy cost 8.43 $/year |
| | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 30.66 $/year |
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Released October, 2012
AMD A10 5800K
- 3.8 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
9.3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the A10 5800K
| | Much more l2 cache 4 MB | | Is unlocked Yes |
| | Much higher clock speed 3.8 GHz | | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of N530 vs 5800K among all CPUs
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 9.3 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 28.44W | vs | 81.25W | 2.9x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Much lower annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | vs | 24.09 $/year | 2.9x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 30.66 $/year | vs | 87.6 $/year | 2.9x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 4 MB | vs | 1 MB | 4x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Is unlocked | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking | |||
| Much higher clock speed | 3.8 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | More than 50% higher clock speed | |||
| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Much better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score | 6,004 | vs | 2,410 | Around 2.5x better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.48 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | Around 80% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,460 | vs | 859 | Around 70% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Significantly better performance per watt | 5.49 pt/W | vs | 1.81 pt/W | More than 3x better performance per watt | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Newer | Oct, 2012 | vs | May, 2010 | Release date over 2 years later | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.59 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | Around 85% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Turion II N530 vs A10 5800K
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Turion II N530 | vs | A10 5800K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3.8 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
| Is unlocked | No | Yes | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AVX 1.1 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| F16C | |||
| MMX | |||
| XOP | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| CLMUL | |||
| AMD64 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| CVT16 | |||
| AMD-V | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 35W | 100W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | 24.09 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 30.66 $/year | 87.6 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.81 pt/W | 5.49 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 28.44W | 81.25W | |
details | Turion II N530 | vs | A10 5800K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 2 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 4 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 4.48 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.5 GHz | 4.59 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.5 GHz | 4.48 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Radeon™ HD 7660D | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | 11.0 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 800 MHz | |
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