Intel Core i3-4330 vs Intel Core i5-3380M

Core i3-4330 vs Core i5-3380M specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4330 performs better than the Core i5-3380M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3380M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4330 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3380M. The Core i5-3380M outputs less heat than Core i3-4330 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 i3-4330 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.