I checked the specs of both and found out that the 530 has A5 1.2Ghz quadcore proc but the older 520 has A9 dual core clocked at 1Ghz. Both have 512MB ram.
While reviews suggest that A9 is better than A5, does the quadcore 530 perform better than 520?
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