Intel Core i3-4330 vs Intel Core i3-4340

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 92.61
$ 31.04
$ 61.57 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1401 points
1509 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2783 points
3025 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1040 points
1116 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

998 points
1071 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1785 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1711 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
805 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2089 points
2126 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1060 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1024 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

3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
Identical
54 W

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

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

838th of 1,089
805th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i3-4330 vs Core i3-4340 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4340 performs better than the Core i3-4330. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4330 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4340 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4330. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-4330 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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