Intel Core i3 M 330 vs AMD A9-9420

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs AMD A9-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
692 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
1528 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
492 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
472 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
3 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
1 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,041st of 1,089
1,031st of 1,089

Family

The product line

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A9-Series APU for Laptops

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Core i3 M 330 vs A9-9420 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A9-9420 is faster than the Core i3 M 330. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3 M 330 in all gaming tests too.

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 A9-9420 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3 M 330. In terms of cache, the A9-9420 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3 M 330

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

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