Intel Core i3 M 330 vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 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
684 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
4% slightly better gaming score
1267 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
517 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
492 points
2% 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
42% slightly higher clock speed
1.5 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,041st of 1,089
1,037th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR3-1866

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Core i3 M 330 vs Core i7-8500Y benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8500Y beats the Core i3 M 330 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3 M 330 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count 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 i7-8500Y.

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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