i3-330M vs Celeron 4305UE

Place in the ranking	2411	2752
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	6.75	1.73
Architecture codename	Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	1 October 2018 (6 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$49

Detailed specifications

Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	no data	2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	0.13 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	no data	1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	81+114 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C for rPGA, 105 °C for BGA
Number of transistors	no data	382 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	Intel BGA 1528	BGA1288,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 610	Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron 4305UE 1.07
+67.2%

i3-330M 0.64

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron 4305UE 1699
+66.2%

i3-330M 1022

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron 4305UE 668
+146%

i3-330M 272

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron 4305UE 1086
+91.9%

i3-330M 566

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.07	0.64
Integrated graphics card	1.89	0.77
Recency	1 October 2018	7 January 2010
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	10 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Celeron 4305UE has a 67.2% higher aggregate performance score, 145.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

i3-330M, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

The Celeron 4305UE is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-330M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 4305UE and Core i3-330M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.