Intel Core i3 M 330 vs AMD A9-9425

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
698 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
1534 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
500 points
0.20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
484 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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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
3.1 GHz
45% significantly 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
1,030th 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 A9-9425 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A9-9425 performs better 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3 M 330 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A9-9425 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3 M 330. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the A9-9425 has significantly 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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