Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 vs Intel Pentium N3530

Last updated: 2023-11-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3		Intel Pentium N3530
CPU comparison Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 was released in Q3/2022. 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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon (103)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ3 (1)	CPU group	Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)
2	Generation	6
Kryo 680	Architecture	Bay Trail
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz. The Intel Pentium N3530 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.16 GHz (2.58 GHz).
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
8	Cores	4
8	Threads	4
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz 4x Kryo 680 Gold	A-Core	2.16 GHz (2.58 GHz)
2.40 GHz 4x Kryo 680 Silver	B-Core	--

NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) 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.
Qualcomm Adreno 690	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
	GPU frequency	0.31 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.90 GHz
6	GPU Generation	7
7 nm	Technology	22 nm
0	Max. displays	2
--	Compute units	4
--	Shader	32
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12.0	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.
Qualcomm Adreno 690	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	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N3530 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
LPDDR4X-2133	Memory	DDR3-1333
16 GB	Max. Memory	8 GB
8 (Octa Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
68.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	4
--	PCIe Bandwidth	2.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Pentium N3530 is 7.5 W.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	7.5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	4.5 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium N3530 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3530
5 nm	Technology	22 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
--	Socket	BGA 1170
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
No	AES-NI	No
Android, Windows 10 (ARM)	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2022	Release date	Q1/2014
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 (100%)

Intel Pentium N3530 (25%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 (100%)

Intel Pentium N3530 (15%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1688 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	254 (15%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	7538 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	830 (11%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	117 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	40 (34%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	771 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	148 (19%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	605 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3571 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	195 (100%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	608 (100%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	198 (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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1261 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 Qualcomm Adreno 690 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz	57 (100%)

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	1190 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1057 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3530 4C 4T @ 2.58 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
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Microsoft Surface Pro 9	Unknown

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