i3-3217UE vs Pentium Dual T2330

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T2330
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.30
Core i3-3217UE
2012
2 cores / 4 threads, 17 Watt
0.77
+157%

Core i3-3217UE outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2330 by a whopping 157% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking33302820
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium Dual Coreno data
Power efficiency0.361.91
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release dateno data1 August 2012 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE 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)
Threads24
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data256 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE 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
Socketno dataIntel BGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataunknown Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD 4000

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Pentium Dual T2330 0.30
i3-3217UE 0.77
+157%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pentium Dual T2330 533
Samples: 159
i3-3217UE 1362
+156%
Samples: 3

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.30 0.77
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

i3-3217UE has a 156.7% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

The Intel Core i3-3217UE is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 in performance tests.

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