Intel Core i3-4330 vs AMD FX-9830P

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 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

1401 points
2% slightly better overall score
1362 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2783 points
8% slightly better gaming score
2574 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1040 points
0.87% slightly better multitasking score
1031 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

998 points
0.81% slightly better heavy workload score
990 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1785 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1621 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

818 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
636 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2089 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1465 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1060 points
72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
613 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

838th of 1,089
849th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i3-4330 vs FX-9830P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-4330 performs better than the FX-9830P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9830P in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-9830P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4330 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4330 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9830P.

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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