Atom 330 vs i7-870

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-870 and Atom 330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1922not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.20no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.97no data
Architecture codenameLynnfield (2009−2010)Diamondville (2008−2009)
Release date8 September 2009 (15 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$305$43

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-870 and Atom 330 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.93 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate2.5 GT/s533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache64 KB (per core)112 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size296 mm251.9276 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °C85 °C
Number of transistors774 million94 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-870 and Atom 330 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-870 and Atom 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching--
PAE36 Bitno data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core i7-870 and Atom 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-870 and Atom 330 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-870 and Atom 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/A-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-870 and Atom 330.

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.

i7-870 3136
+764%
Atom 330 363

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-870 4007
+639%
Atom 330 542

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.

i7-870 5881
+613%
Atom 330 825

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2009 2 April 2008
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 8 Watt

i7-870 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Atom 330, on the other hand, has 1087.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-870 and Atom 330. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-870 is a desktop processor while Atom 330 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-870 and Atom 330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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