Atom 330 vs FX-8320

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Primary details

Comparing FX-8320 and Atom 330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1544not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency2.60no data
Architecture codenameVishera (2012−2015)Diamondville (2008−2009)
Release date23 October 2012 (12 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$43

Detailed specifications

FX-8320 and Atom 330 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.5 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cacheno data112 KB
L2 cache8192 KB1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size315 mm251.9276 mm2
Maximum core temperature61 °C85 °C
Number of transistors1,200 million94 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 Vno data
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on FX-8320 and Atom 330 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3+PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8320 and Atom 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

FX-8320 and Atom 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8320 and Atom 330 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8320 and Atom 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8320 and Atom 330.

PCIe versionn/ano data

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.

FX-8320 5444
+1400%
Atom 330 363

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 October 2012 2 April 2008
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 8 Watt

FX-8320 has an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Atom 330, on the other hand, has 1462.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FX-8320 and Atom 330. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that FX-8320 is a desktop processor while Atom 330 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between FX-8320 and Atom 330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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