Pentium Dual Core T3200 vs Athlon II N330

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N330 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	1 October 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$9	$29

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N330 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2 GHz
Bus support	3200 MHz	667 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	117.5 mm2	143 mm2
Number of transistors	234 Million	291 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N330 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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.

Socket	S1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N330 and Pentium Dual Core T3200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N330 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and Pentium Dual Core T3200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 May 2010	1 October 2008
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm

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