Intel Core i3 M 330 vs AMD A6-5350M

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 2 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
4% slightly better overall score
641 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
1391 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
460 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
442 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.13 GHz
2.9 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
2 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,041st of 1,089
1,049th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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A6-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2013 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Core i3 M 330 vs A6-5350M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3 M 330 is faster than the A6-5350M. Despite this, the A6-5350M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3 M 330 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the A6-5350M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3 M 330. The info from our database shows that the A6-5350M has more L2 cache than 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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