Intel Core i5-3330 vs Intel N97

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4 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

1786 points

4% slightly better overall score

1707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3295 points

1% slightly better gaming score

3251 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1364 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

1290 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1310 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

1238 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.32 points

33.82 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

761st of 1,092

776th of 1,092

Family

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3330 vs N97 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-3330 performs better than the N97. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the N97 in all gaming tests too.

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 i5-3330 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N97.

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. For instance, the Core i5-3330 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.