Intel Core i5-3230M vs AMD A8-3530MX. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M AMD A6-3000M
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD A
• Generation
  3 1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 1.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 11
• Execution units
  16 5
• Generation
  7 3
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 440 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 AMD Radeon HD 6620G
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 1 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2011
• Shader
  128 400
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-3530MX and Intel Core i5-3230M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3230M and AMD A8-3530MX Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3230M and AMD A8-3530MX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Llano (K10)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2013 Q2/2011
• Socket
  BGA 1023 FS1
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V