Intel Core i3-530 - CM80616003180AG / BX80616I3530 / BXC80616I3530

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Specifications

Core i3 is an entry-level Core-branded family, positioned to compete with AMD Athlon II X3/X4 and Phenom II X2/X3 families. First two members of the Core i3 family, Core i3-530 and i3-540, were released on January 7th 2010 at Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. The CPUs are based on Westmere micro-architecture (enhanced Nehalem micro-architecture), and have all basic features of the micro-architecture - 256 KB level 2 cache per core, shared level 3 cache, support for SIMD instructions up to SSE4, Virtualization and Hyper-Threading technologies. There are a few Westmere/Nehalem features, missing from all Core i3 microprocessors. Core i3 doesn't have Turbo Boost technology, which temporary increases frequency of one or more CPU cores. Core i3 processors also lack new AES instructions, Trusted Execution technology and support for VT-d virtualization. The slowest from first two Core i3 CPUs, i3-530, runs at 2.93 GHz, which is %13 slower than the fastest Core 2 Duo CPU E8600. Not surprisingly, the i3-530 is about 10% slower than the E8600 in office and game applications. Many media applications, such 3D processing, and audio and video encoding/decoding, are heavily multi-threaded, therefore Core i3 CPUs with Hyper-Threading feature perform better in them than in office or game applications. In media applications the i3-530 CPU sometimes is as fast as the dual-core E8600, and often up to 15% faster.

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Intel Core i3-530 specifications

General information

Type

CPU / Microprocessor

Market segment

Desktop

Family

Intel Core i3

Model number ?

i3-530

CPU part numbers

CM80616003180AG is an OEM/tray microprocessor
BX80616I3530 is a boxed processor (English version)
BXC80616I3530 is a boxed processor (Chinese version)

Frequency ?

2933 MHz

Package

1156-land Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA10)

Socket

Socket 1156 / H1 / LGA1156

Size

1.48" x 1.48" / 3.75cm x 3.75cm

Weight

0.9oz / 24.6g (CPU)
11.5oz / 325.3g (box)

Fan/heatsink

E41997-002 (CN2F9381M2)

Introduction date

January 7, 2010

End-of-Life date

Last order date is April 27, 2012
Last shipment date is October 5, 2012

Price at introduction

$113

S-spec numbers

	ES/QS processors		Production processors
Part number	Q3GR	Q4ME	SLBLR	SLBX7
BX80616I3530			+	+
BXC80616I3530			+	+
CM80616003180AG	+	+	+	+

Architecture / Microarchitecture

Microarchitecture

Nehalem (Westmere)

Processor core ?

Clarkdale

Core steppings ?

C2 (Q3GR, SLBLR)
K0 (SLBX7)

CPUID

20652 (SLBLR)

Manufacturing process

0.032 micron

Data width

64 bit

The number of cores

The number of threads

Floating Point Unit

Integrated

Level 1 cache size ?

2 x 32 KB instruction caches
2 x 32 KB data caches

Level 2 cache size ?

2 x 256 KB

Level 3 cache size

4 MB shared cache

Multiprocessing

Uniprocessor

Features

MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 ?
EM64T / Extended Memory 64 technology / Intel 64 ?
VT-x / Virtualization technology ?
NX / XD / Execute disable bit ?
HT / Hyper-Threading technology ?

Low power features

Thread C1, C3 and C6 states
Core C1/C1E, C3 and C6 states
Package C1/C1E, C3 and C6 states
Enhanced SpeedStep technology ?

Integrated peripherals / components

Integrated graphics

GPU Type: HD (Nehalem)
Base frequency (MHz): 733

Memory controller

The number of controllers: 1
Memory channels: 2
Supported memory: DDR3-1333

Other peripherals

Direct Media Interface

Electrical / Thermal parameters

V core ?

0.65V - 1.4V

Minimum/Maximum operating temperature ?

5°C - 72.6°C

Maximum power dissipation ?

6 Watt (TDP in C6 state) / 170.83 Watt (peak)
128.71 Watt (sustained)

Thermal Design Power ?

73 Watt

Notes on Intel CM80616003180AG

Graphics processor and memory controller are located on a separate die, which is manufactured on 0.045 micron technology

CPUs, related to Intel Core i3-530

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. Turbo
freq. L3
cache TDP Features

Intel Core i3 family, Socket 1156

   Core i3-530 2 / 4 2.93 GHz 4 MB 73 Watt SSE4, HT

   Core i3-540 2 / 4 3.06 GHz 4 MB 73 Watt SSE4, HT

   Core i3-550 2 / 4 3.2 GHz 4 MB 73 Watt SSE4, HT

   Core i3-560 2 / 4 3.33 GHz 4 MB 73 Watt SSE4, HT

Other families, Nehalem micro-architecture, Socket 1156

   Pentium G6950 2 / 2 2.8 GHz 3 MB 73 Watt SSE4, HT

   Pentium G6951 2 / 2 2.8 GHz 3 MB SSE4, HT

   Pentium G6960 2 / 2 2.93 GHz 3 MB 73 Watt SSE4, HT

   Core i5-750S 4 / 4 2.4 GHz 3.2 GHz 8 MB 82 Watt SSE4, HT, TBT

   Core i5-750 4 / 4 2.66 GHz 3.2 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt SSE4, HT, TBT

   Core i5-760 4 / 4 2.8 GHz 3.46 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt SSE4, HT, TBT

   Core i7-870S 4 / 8 2.66 GHz 3.6 GHz 8 MB 82 Watt SSE4, HT, TXT, TBT

   Core i7-870 4 / 8 2.93 GHz 3.6 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt SSE4, HT, TXT, TBT

   Core i7-875K 4 / 8 2.93 GHz 3.6 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt SSE4, HT, TBT, Unlock

   Core i7-880 4 / 8 3.06 GHz 3.73 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt SSE4, HT, TXT, TBT

• Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Core i3-530

• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

• Features abbreviations:

SSE4 - SSE4 instructions
HT - Hyper-Threading
TXT - Trusted Execution
TBT - Dynamic Acceleration / Turbo Boost
Unlock - Unlocked multiplier

FAQ

Q: Is it possible to upgrade my Intel i3-530 microprocessor?

A: Probably yes. Processor compatibility is determined by your motherboard. Please see CPU-Upgrade.com website for CPU support list for your board.

Intel i3-530 Overclocking

Sorry, overclocking information is not available at this time.

Pictures (7)



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Core i3 I3-530 box
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Pictures of Intel Core i3-530 CPU
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S-Spec SLBLR. Manufactured in 39th week of 2009. Processor markings are: 2.93GHZ/4M/09A


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CPU-Z screenshot of the Core i3-530 microprocessors with SLBLR S-Spec number.

News

Intel socket 775 CPUs and first AMD E-Series chips to retire in Q4

Oct 06, 2011: Yesterday Intel published several Product Change Notifications, that notify Intel customers about upcoming product discontinuations. Specifically, this quarter Intel will retire boxed and tray versions of Celeron E3400, E3500 and Pentium E5700. In related news, Fuzilla reported that AMD is going to retire two first two Brazos chips.

Intel Core i3-550 benchmarks

May 24, 2010: Core i3-550 microprocessor was planned for the second quarter of this year. Although this model is not officially released yet, it is already available in many stores. We tested one of the processors, and compared results to other Intel Core i3 and Core i5 CPUs, as well as a few selected Athlon II and Phenom II dual-, triple- and quad-core microprocessors.

Athlon II X2 benchmarks

May 03, 2010: A few weeks ago we acquired a lot of Athlon II processors with C3 core revision. Although we posted pictures and individual benchmarks to Athlon II CPU pages, and added the results to our benchmark database more than a week ago, we decided to provide benchmarks in more readable format, i.e. as a review.

Benchmarks

Benchmark tools

Compare Intel i3-530 benchmark results with all tested CPUs from one of the following families:
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For additional benchmarks, comparing multi-threaded performance of this microprocessor with other Core i3 CPUs and the fastest AMD and Intel x86 chips, please visit Intel Core i3-530 benchmarks page.

Intel i3-530 benchmarks

The graphs below show up to 10 processors with aproximately the same level of performance in different types of applications. All processors were tested at nominal frequency (not overclocked), with stock heatsink and default BIOS settings. To see how the i3-530 compares to other CPUs please see benchmark tools section above.

Benchmarked processor

S-spec number: SLBLR

CPU ID: 0652h

CPU vendor string: GenuineIntel

CPU name string: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz

Integer performance

Part number Result

Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 ?

103.7%

Intel Pentium E6800 ?

103.2%

AMD Athlon II X3 2.7 GHz ZD271117K3216 ?

103%

Intel Pentium G870 ?

102.9%

AMD Athlon II X3 425 ?

102.8%

Intel Core i3-530 ?

100%

Intel Pentium E6700 ?

99.6%

Intel Pentium G860 ?

99.6%

AMD Athlon II X3 2.6 GHz ZD260121K3216 ?

99.2%

AMD Phenom II X3 710 ?

99%

AMD Athlon II X3 420e ?

98.9%

Floating Point performance

Part number Result

AMD Athlon II X4 610e ?

106.1%

AMD Athlon II X3 450 ?

106.1%

Intel Core i3-540 ?

104.5%

AMD Athlon II X3 445 ?

103.1%

AMD Athlon II X4 605e (rev. C3) ?

101.7%

Intel Core i3-530 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X3 440 (rev. C2) ?

99.7%

AMD Phenom II X3 740 ?

99.6%

AMD Athlon II X3 440 (rev. C3) ?

99.5%

AMD Phenom II X3 B75 ?

99.2%

Intel Core i3-520 ?

98.2%

MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance

Part number Result

AMD Athlon II X4 620 ?

107%

Intel Core i3-540 ?

104.1%

AMD Athlon II X3 450 ?

103.8%

AMD Athlon II X4 615e ?

102.9%

AMD Athlon II X3 445 ?

100.7%

Intel Core i3-530 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X4 610e ?

98.8%

AMD Phenom II X3 B75 ?

98.7%

AMD Phenom II X3 740 ?

98.7%

Intel Core i3-520 ?

98.2%

AMD Athlon II X3 440 (rev. C3) ?

97.4%

Memory-intensive program performance

Part number Result

Intel Core i3-2100T ?

102.6%

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 ?

102.4%

AMD Athlon II X4 631 ?

102.4%

AMD Phenom II X3 705e ?

100.4%

Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 ?

100.1%

Intel Core i3-530 ?

100%

AMD Phenom II X2 B53 ?

99.4%

AMD Athlon II X3 460 ?

99.3%

AMD Athlon II X4 645 ?

98.9%

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 ?

98.2%

AMD Phenom II X2 521 ?

98.1%

CPU ID (3)

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CPUID features of Intel i3-530

NOTE: The CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the Intel Core i3 i3-530 CPU.

Manufacturer:	Intel
CPU Family:	Core i3
Processor Number:	i3-530
Frequency:	2926 MHz

Part number:	CM80616003180AG
S-Spec Number:
Comment:
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General information
Vendor:	GenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS):	Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz
Cores:	2
Logical processors:	4
Processor type:	Original OEM Processor
CPUID signature:	20652
Family:	6 (06h)
Model:	37 (025h)
Stepping:	2 (02h)
TLB/Cache details:	64-byte Prefetching Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Instruction TLB: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, fully associative, 7 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries

Cache: L1 data L1 instruction L2 L3

Size: 2 x 32 KB 2 x 32 KB 2 x 256 KB 4 MB

Associativity: 8-way set
associative 4-way set
associative 8-way set
associative 16-way set
associative

Line size: 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes

Comments: Direct-mapped Direct-mapped Non-inclusive
Direct-mapped Inclusive
Direct-mapped
Shared between all cores

Instruction set extensions Additional instructions

MMX CLFLUSH

SSE CMOV

SSE2 CMPXCHG16B

SSE3 CMPXCHG8B

SSSE3 FXSAVE/FXRSTORE

SSE4.1 MONITOR/MWAIT

SSE4.2 POPCNT

RDTSCP

SYSENTER/SYSEXIT

Major features Other features

On-chip Floating Point Unit 36-bit page-size extensions

64-bit / Intel 64 64-bit debug store

NX bit/XD-bit Advanced programmable interrupt controller

Hyper-Threading Technology CPL qualified debug store

Intel Virtualization Debug store

Enhanced SpeedStep Debugging extensions

Digital Thermal Sensor capability

LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode

Machine check architecture

Machine check exception

Memory-type range registers

Model-specific registers

Page attribute table

Page global extension

Page-size extensions (4MB pages)

Pending break enable

Perfmon and Debug capability

Physical address extensions

Self-snoop

TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states

Thermal monitor

Thermal monitor 2

Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities

Time stamp counter

Virtual 8086-mode enhancements

xTPR Update Control

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