Intel Core i3 M 330 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 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
12% slightly better overall score
597 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
3% slightly better gaming score
1276 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
430 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
413 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
2.79 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
3 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,041st of 1,089
1,061st of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2008 February

Core i3 M 330 vs Core 2 Duo E7400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3 M 330 beats the Core 2 Duo E7400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E7400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3 M 330 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E7400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3 M 330. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E7400 has significantly more L2 cache than 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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