Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium N3530 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCBGA1170

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.6 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 7.5 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 24 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3530 @ 2.16GHz, Intel Pentium CPU N3530 @ 2.16GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2014

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4286th fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
4398th fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
1008th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1147

Single Thread Rating

686

Samples: 516*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,816
Thread: 563

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz

Integer Math	7,102 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,668 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,102 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	311.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,752 KBytes/Sec
Physics	123 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	447 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	686 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,260
Apple M4 10 Core		23,699
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,631
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,761
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,011
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,484
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,599
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,396
Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz		1,147

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.27
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.03
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.41
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,505
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,888
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,588
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,392
Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz		686

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3247071 - Jan 28 2026		1171
BL3240830 - Jan 25 2026		973
BL3233859 - Jan 22 2026		1101
BL3222483 - Jan 18 2026		1213
BL3137298 - Dec 15 2025		741

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz		1,147
AMD E2-6110 APU vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,231 (+7.4%)
Intel Pentium N3540 @ 2.16GHz vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,203 (+4.9%)
AMD E2-3800 APU vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,136 (-1.0%)
AMD A4 Micro-6400T APU vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,082 (-5.6%)
AMD A4-5000 APU vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,286 (+12.2%)
Intel Pentium N3700 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,250 (+9.0%)
Intel Atom Z3795 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,196 (+4.3%)
Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2.16GHz vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,144 (-0.3%)
Intel Celeron N2940 @ 1.83GHz vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,055 (-8.0%)
Intel Celeron N2930 @ 1.83GHz vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,028 (-10.4%)
Intel Celeron N2920 @ 1.86GHz vs Intel Pentium N3530		941 (-17.9%)
AMD GX-415GA SOC vs Intel Pentium N3530		1,407 (+22.7%)

Is the Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,770
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,418
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,998
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,918
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,871
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,768
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,906
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,751
Intel Pentium N3530 @ 2.16GHz		109

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