Intel Core i3-2328M vs Intel Core i3-3217U

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

826 points
21% slightly better overall score
678 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1645 points
22% slightly better gaming score
1344 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

611 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
505 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

586 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
490 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

641 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
605 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

317 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
295 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

660 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
616 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

327 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
293 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
17 W
105% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

997th of 1,089
1,038th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-2328M vs Core i3-3217U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-2328M is faster than the Core i3-3217U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3217U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-2328M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-3217U. The Core i3-3217U outputs less heat than Core i3-2328M thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-2328M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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