Core i3-370M and E-450 quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Core i3-370M and E-450 performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Number of cores

Number of threads

Maximum frequency

2.4 GHz

1.65 GHz

Bus support

2500 MHz

n/d

L1 cache

128 KB

L2 cache

512 KB

1024 KB

L3 cache

3072 KB

n/d

Manufacturing process technology

32 nm

40 nm

Die size

81+114 mm²

75 mm²

Maximum core temperature

90 °C for rPGA, 105 °C for BGA

n/d

Transistor count

382+177 Million

n/d

64 bit support

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-370M and E-450 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.

Max number of CPUs in a configuration

Socket

PGA988

FT1 BGA 413-Ball

Power consumption (TDP)

35 Watt

18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-370M and E-450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2

n/d

FMA

vPro

n/d

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)

n/d

Turbo Boost

n/d

Hyper-Threading

n/d

Idle States

n/d

Thermal Monitoring

Flex Memory Access

n/d

PAE

36 Bit

n/d

FDI

n/d

Fast Memory Access

n/d

Security technologies

Core i3-370M and E-450 technologies aimed at raising security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

n/d

EDB

n/d

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-370M and E-450 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

VT-d

n/d

VT-x

n/d

EPT

n/d

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i3-370M and E-450.

Supported memory types

DDR3-800, DDR3-1066

DDR3

Maximum memory size

8 GB

n/d

Max memory channels

n/d

Maximum memory bandwidth

17.1 GB / s

n/d

Graphics specifications

General parameters of GPUs integrated into Core i3-370M and E-450.

Integrated graphics

HD Graphics (Ironlake)

AMD Radeon HD 6320

Clear Video

n/d

Clear Video HD

n/d

Graphics max frequency

667 MHz

n/d

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-370M and E-450 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

n/d

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-370M and E-450.

PCIe revision

2.0

n/d

Max number of PCIe lanes

n/d

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Core i3-370M and E-450. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall benchmark performance

i3-370M 4.25 +162.3%

E-450 1.62

3DMark06 CPU

i3-370M 2578 +149.1%

E-450 1035

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

i3-370M 2690 +153.1%

E-450 1063

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

i3-370M 6204 +207%

E-450 2021

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

i3-370M 2 +233.3%

E-450 1

wPrime 32

i3-370M 21 +204.2%

E-450 65

Passmark

i3-370M 2015 +163.4%

E-450 765

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Core i3-370M and E-450 are for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.

Advantages of Intel Core i3-370M

162.3% faster (about 2.5 times) in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (32 vs 40 nm)

Enhanced SpeedStep (saves energy by managing CPU frequency and voltage in realtime. Supercedes SpeedStep)

MMX (MultiMedia Extensions - the very first (1996) SIMD instruction expansion for Intel desktop CPUs, works with 64-bit registers)

x86-64 (a general name for 64-bit extension of x86 instruction set. There are AMD64 and Intel 64 versions that differ very little)

FMA4

Thermal Monitoring Technologies

Advantages of AMD E-450

Much newer (22 August 2011 vs 10 January 2010)

Less power hungry (18 vs 35 watts)

MMX(+)

Virtualization (Hardware acceleration of virtual machines)

So, Core i3-370M or E-450?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends Intel Core i3-370M.

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