AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs Intel Pentium N3530

Last updated: 2023-05-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 3 2300U		Intel Pentium N3530
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 3 2300U or Intel Pentium N3530 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U was released in Q1/2018. The Intel Pentium N3530 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.58 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N3530 was released in Q1/2014.

AMD Ryzen 3 (33)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Ryzen 2000U (7)	CPU group	Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)
1	Generation	6
Raven Ridge (Zen)	Architecture	Bay Trail
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.40 GHz). The Intel Pentium N3530 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.16 GHz (2.58 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
4	Cores	4
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.00 GHz	Frequency	2.16 GHz
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.58 GHz
2.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.58 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
1.10 GHz	GPU frequency	0.31 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.90 GHz
8	GPU Generation	7
14 nm	Technology	22 nm
3	Max. displays	2
6	Compute units	4
384	Shader	32
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.2

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N3530 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR3-1333
32 GB	Max. Memory	8 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	2.0
12	PCIe lanes	4
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	2.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Pentium N3530 is 7.5 W.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	7.5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
25 W	TDP up	--
12 W	TDP down	4.5 W
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 3 2300U has a 6.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium N3530 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
14 nm	Technology	22 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FP5	Socket	BGA 1170
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2018	Release date	Q1/2014
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 3 2300U (100%)

Intel Pentium N3530 (29%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 3 2300U (100%)

Intel Pentium N3530 (28%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	727 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	254 (35%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2276 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	830 (36%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	912 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	195 (21%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2589 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	608 (23%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	845 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz	57 (7%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	5520 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	1190 (22%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	134 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	40 (30%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	480 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	148 (31%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	328 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1008 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	0 (0%)

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