Atom 330 vs Pentium Dual T4400

VS

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4400
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.81
+252%
Atom 330
2008
2 cores / 4 threads, 8 Watt
0.23

Pentium Dual Core T4400 outperforms Atom 330 by a whopping 252% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Atom 330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26093189
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreIntel Atom
Power efficiency2.192.72
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Diamondville (2008−2009)
Release date1 December 2009 (15 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$43

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4400 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate800 MHz533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache128 KB112 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm251.9276 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors410 million94 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4400 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)
SocketPPBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Atom 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Atom 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Atom 330 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Atom 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)-

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 0.81
+252%
Atom 330 0.23

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 T4400 1284
+254%
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.

Pentium Dual T4400 2231
+312%
Atom 330 542

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 4200
+175%
Atom 330 1530

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 1897
+130%
Atom 330 825

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 38.2
+205%
Atom 330 116.45

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.81 0.23
Recency 1 December 2009 2 April 2008
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 8 Watt

Pentium Dual T4400 has a 252.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

Atom 330, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, and 337.5% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Dual Core T4400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom 330 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Atom 330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Pentium Dual Core T4400
Pentium Dual Core T4400
Intel Atom 330
Atom 330

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.5 219 votes

Rate Pentium Dual Core T4400 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
2.9 65 votes

Rate Atom 330 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Pentium Dual Core T4400 or Atom 330, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.