Intel Core i3 M 330 vs AMD A10-7300

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs AMD A10-Series APU for Laptops 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

669 points
8% slightly better overall score
617 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
11% slightly better gaming score
1183 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
464 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
446 points

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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

2.13 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
4 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,041st of 1,089
1,056th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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A10-Series APU for Laptops

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Core i3 M 330 vs A10-7300 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A10-7300 beats the Core i3 M 330 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3 M 330 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A10-7300 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3 M 330 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3 M 330 has a slightly higher clock speed than the A10-7300. In terms of cache, the A10-7300 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3 M 330

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 M 330 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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