i9-12950HX vs Atom 330

Place in the ranking	3176	270
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	2.72	35.02
Architecture codename	Diamondville (2008−2009)	Alder Lake-HX (2022)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	10 May 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$43	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	4	24
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	5 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	112 KB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	51.9276 mm²	215 mm²
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	94 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA437	FCBGA1964
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+
FSB parity	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	8 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	-	1.55 GHz
Execution Units	-	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	-	4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	-	5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	-	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12.1
OpenGL	-	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX.

PCIe version	no data	5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom 330 0.23

i9-12950HX 20.35
+8748%

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

i9-12950HX 32323
+8804%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.23	20.35
Recency	2 April 2008	10 May 2022
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	4	24
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	55 Watt

Atom 330 has 587.5% lower power consumption.

i9-12950HX, on the other hand, has a 8747.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and 700% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

The Core i9-12950HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom 330 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom 330 and Core i9-12950HX, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.