AMD A4-3330MX vs Intel Core 2 Duo T6600

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T6600 and A4-3330MX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2719not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD A-Series
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Llano (2011−2012)
Release date6 January 2009 (15 years old)20 December 2011 (12 years old)
Current price$131 no data

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T6600 and A4-3330MX 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)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus support800 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2228 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range1V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T6600 and A4-3330MX 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
SocketPGA478FS1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6600 and A4-3330MX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, DDR3 Memory Controller, Radeon HD 6480G
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T6600 and A4-3330MX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T6600 and A4-3330MX are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T6600 and A4-3330MX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6480G

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%

Core 2 Duo T6600 786
+4%
A4-3330MX 756

Core 2 Duo T6600 outperforms A4-3330MX by 4% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo T6600 244
+5.2%
A4-3330MX 232

Core 2 Duo T6600 outperforms A4-3330MX by 5% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo T6600 375
A4-3330MX 376
+0.3%

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 6 January 2009 20 December 2011
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

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