Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 vs i3-330M

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i3-330M i3-330M
Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 Athlon 64 X2 TK-53

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2750not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i32x Athlon 64
Power efficiency1.75no data
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Hawk-256
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.13 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.03 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/s667 MHz
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache3 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size81+114 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C for rPGA, 105 °C for BGAno data
Number of transistors382 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketBGA1288,PGA988no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 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 Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066no data
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

i3-330M 1022
+83.2%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 558

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.

i3-330M 272
+62.9%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 167

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.

i3-330M 566
+84.4%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 307

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i3-330M 2230
+87.9%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1187

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i3-330M 23.95
+97.5%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 47.3

Pros & cons summary

Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 31 Watt

i3-330M has 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 64 X2 TK-53, on the other hand, has 12.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i3-330M and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53. We've got no test results to judge.

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