Atom C3338 vs 330

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Primary details

Comparing Atom 330 and Atom C3338 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2751
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.06
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Atom
Power efficiencyno data6.83
Architecture codenameDiamondville (2008−2009)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)22 February 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$43$27

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Atom C3338 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier1215
L1 cache112 KB112 KB
L2 cache1 MB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size51.9276 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C89 °C
Number of transistors94 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Atom C3338 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPBGA437FCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Atom C3338. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Atom C3338 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 330 and Atom C3338 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Atom C3338. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4: 1866
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data14.936 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 330 and Atom C3338.

PCIe versionno data3
PCI Express lanesno data10
USB revisionno data3
Total number of SATA portsno data10
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data10
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data4x2.5/1 GBE

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.

Atom 330 363
Atom C3338 1028
+183%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 22 February 2017
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm

Atom 330 has 100% more threads.

Atom C3338, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom 330 and Atom C3338. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom 330 is a notebook processor while Atom C3338 is a server/workstation one.


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