Intel Core i3 M 330 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6850

Core i3 M 330 vs Core 2 Duo E6850 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Duo E6850 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3 M 330 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E6850 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3 M 330. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Duo E6850 has more L2 cache than 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.