i3-3217UE vs Pentium Dual T2330

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2555
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium Dual Coreno data
Power efficiencyno data4.77
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 August 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE 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)
Threads24
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data256 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataIntel BGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Core i3-3217UE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataunknown Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD 4000

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.

Pentium Dual T2330 538
i3-3217UE 1362
+153%

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

i3-3217UE has 100% more threads, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

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