Intel Core i3 M 330 vs Intel Pentium B940

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs Intel Pentium 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

669 points
1% slightly better overall score
660 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1319 points
1389 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

499 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
480 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

479 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
461 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i3 M 330 and the Pentium B940? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

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
6% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
0.25 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

3 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,041st of 1,089
1,045th of 1,089

Family

The product line

-
Pentium

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2011 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i3 M 330 vs Pentium B940 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3 M 330 is faster than the Pentium B940. Despite this, the Pentium B940 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3 M 330 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Pentium B940. The info from our database shows that the Core i3 M 330 has more L2 cache than the Pentium B940. The Core i3 M 330 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons