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Is the Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1156
Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 73 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz, Intel Core i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010
CPUmark/$Price: 55.67
Overall Rank:
3597th fastest in multithreading out of 5155 CPUs
3088th fastest in single threading out of 5155 CPUs
1081st fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $27.09 USD (2025-06-06)
Integer Math | 7,813 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 3,362 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 4,333 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 279.5 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 31,796 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 184 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 911 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,166 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,655 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,294 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,015 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,485 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,165 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | 1,508 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.82 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.17 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 150.65 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.17 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 134.84 | |
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | 55.67 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | 1,166 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2693059 - Jun 13 2025 | 1502 | |
BL2689529 - Jun 11 2025 | 1638 | |
BL2619734 - May 12 2025 | 1672 | |
BL2613445 - May 09 2025 | 1603 | |
BL2613269 - May 09 2025 | 1655 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | 1,508 | |
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,804 (+19.6%) | |
AMD Athlon II X3 400e vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,320 (-12.5%) | |
AMD Athlon II X3 450 vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,872 (+24.1%) | |
AMD A6-3600 APU vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,697 (+12.5%) | |
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,664 (+10.4%) | |
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,564 (+3.7%) | |
AMD A6-3620 APU vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,869 (+23.9%) | |
AMD Phenom 8650 Triple-Core vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,218 (-19.2%) | |
AMD Phenom X3 8550 vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,151 (-23.7%) | |
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,795 (+19.0%) | |
AMD Athlon II X3 440 vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,719 (+14.0%) | |
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i3-530 | 1,211 (-19.7%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,457 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,151 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,299 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,843 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,586 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,482 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,803 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,731 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,639 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,524 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | 360 |