Intel Core i3-330UM vs AMD Athlon II N330

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General info

Comparing Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Core i3
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date12 May 2010 (13 years old)24 May 2010 (13 years old)
Current price$9 no data

Technical specs

Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus support3200 MHz2500 MHz
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size117.5 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors234 Million382+177 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketS1BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data-
FMAno data+
VirusProtect+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II N330 and Core i3-330UM.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II N330 665
+29.1%
i3-330UM 515

Athlon II N330 outperforms Core i3-330UM by 29% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Athlon II N330 1999
+54.1%
i3-330UM 1297

Athlon II N330 outperforms Core i3-330UM by 54% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Athlon II N330 3837
+28.7%
i3-330UM 2982

Athlon II N330 outperforms Core i3-330UM by 29% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Athlon II N330 1943
+49.3%
i3-330UM 1301

Athlon II N330 outperforms Core i3-330UM by 49% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 18 Watt

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