Intel Core i3 M 330 vs Intel Core i3-4010U

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i3 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
709 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
1422 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
524 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
503 points
5% 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
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.13 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,041st of 1,089
1,026th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Core i3 M 330 vs Core i3-4010U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4010U beats the Core i3 M 330 in overall performance. 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 and 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 Core i3-4010U.

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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