i3-2330M vs Turion X2 RM-70

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Turion X2 RM-70 Turion X2 RM-70
i3-2330M i3-2330M

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2623
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD TurionIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data2.08
Architecture codenamePuma (2008−2009)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)1 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$225

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M 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 speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85C (PGA); 100C (BGA)
Number of transistorsno data624 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M 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)
SocketS1FCBGA1023,PPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® AVX
FMA-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 3000
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

Turion X2 RM-70 1556
i3-2330M 2888
+85.6%

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.

Turion X2 RM-70 3012
i3-2330M 6466
+115%

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.

Turion X2 RM-70 1412
i3-2330M 2627
+86.1%

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.

Turion X2 RM-70 44
i3-2330M 25.11
+75.2%

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 June 2008 1 June 2011
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 35 Watt

Turion X2 RM-70 has 12.9% lower power consumption.

i3-2330M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M. We've got no test results to judge.

Should you still have questions on choice between Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i3-2330M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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