Pentium Dual T2330 vs i7-980X EE

Place in the ranking	1469	3076
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Core i7 (Desktop)	Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	2.79	0.92
Architecture codename	Gulftown (2010−2011)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	no data	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-980X EE and Pentium Dual Core T2330 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	6400 MHz	533 MHz
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-980X EE and Pentium Dual Core T2330 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.

Socket	LGA-1366	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

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.

i7-980X EE 3.84
+1029%

Pentium Dual T2330 0.34

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.

i7-980X EE 6096
+1033%

Pentium Dual T2330 538

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-980X EE 23150
+707%

Pentium Dual T2330 2869

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.

i7-980X EE 7123
+456%

Pentium Dual T2330 1281

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.

i7-980X EE 5.1
+900%

Pentium Dual T2330 51

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.84	0.34
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

i7-980X EE has a 1029.4% higher aggregate performance score, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual T2330, on the other hand, has 271.4% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-980X EE is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T2330 in performance tests.

Note that Core i7-980X EE is a desktop processor while Pentium Dual Core T2330 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-980X EE and Pentium Dual Core T2330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.