Intel Core i3-4330 vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 92.61
$ 136.39 significantly less expensive
$ 229.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1401 points
1913 points
36% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2783 points
2976 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1040 points
1587 points
52% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

998 points
1523 points
52% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.61 points
36.41 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1785 points
1885 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
561 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2089 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1900 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1060 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
561 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
45 W
20% slightly 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

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

838th of 1,089
734th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2012 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
No

Core i3-4330 vs Core i7-3630QM comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3630QM is faster than the Core i3-4330. Despite this, the Core i3-4330 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3630QM has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4330. Indeed, the Core i7-3630QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4330. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4330. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4330 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3630QM. The Core i7-3630QM outputs less heat than Core i3-4330 thanks to a slightly 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.

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