Intel Core i3 M 330 vs AMD A6-6310

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 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
689 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
1% slightly better gaming score
1300 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
521 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
500 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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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
18% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

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
1,034th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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A6-Series APU for Desktops

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 A6-6310 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A6-6310 is faster than the Core i3 M 330. Despite this, the Core i3 M 330 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the A6-6310 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3 M 330 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3 M 330 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A6-6310. In terms of cache, the A6-6310 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3 M 330

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3 M 330 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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