CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 4330 vs 7850K among desktop CPUs (45 to 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance

PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics

Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing

CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?

Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?

Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

9.8

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets

Winner
AMD A10 7850K 

CPUBoss recommends the AMD A10 7850K  based on its overclocking.

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Core i3 4330

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i3 4330

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Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm vs 28 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Front view of AMD A10 7850K

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Is unlocked Yes vs No Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
More cores 4 vs 2 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
Supports trusted computing Yes vs No Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i3 4330 vs A10 7850K

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i3 4330
5.86 mHash/s
A10 7850K
89.37 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i3 4330
1.34 fps
A10 7850K
1.44 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 4330
2,683
A10 7850K
3,374

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 4330
3,074
A10 7850K
6,222

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 4330
5,558
A10 7850K
7,530

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 4330
6,730
A10 7850K
7,022

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 4330
3,216
A10 7850K
2,328

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 4330
4,360,000 MB/s
A10 7850K
2,370,000 MB/s

Reviews Word on the street

Core i3 4330  vs A10 7850K 

8.0
6.0
If you use standard desktop applications like Microsoft Word, PCMark 7 is more applicable to your use case—and Intel wins that benchmark test decisively.
Core i3 4330

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Core i3 4330  vs
A10 7850K 
Clock speed 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Cores Dual core Quad core
Is unlocked No Yes

features

Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
BMI1
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

memory controller

Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-2133
DDR3-1866
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3L-1333
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC Yes No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 34,133.32 MB/s

details

Core i3 4330  vs
A10 7850K 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 4
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core 1 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 28 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 66.8°C Unknown - 72.4°C

integrated graphics

GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 4600 Radeon™ R7 Series

power consumption

TDP 54W 65W
Annual home energy cost 13.01 $/year 15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 47.3 $/year 56.94 $/year
Performance per watt 14.8 pt/W 9.8 pt/W
Typical power consumption 43.88W 52.81W
Intel Core i3 4330
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Comments

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what gen is the intel i3 4330
my advise wait for excavator and keep an eye on it as for amd there doing something clever there using fm2 plus etc as testing ground on there newer chips kaveri to determine if it has a good performance thats why they didnt release a kaveri for am3 plus because there was hardly any change in cpu tech and hit a barrier amd excavator will do better well just have to wait and see how well it does. and hopefully at 20nm
9590 is over power hungry and a serious pain to cool the 9000 series are same as 8350 or 8320 just higher clocked and run very innefficiently performance per watt the only decent amd cpu is fx 6300
well the APU focuses on the gpus more on the other hand intel focuses on the CPU so the cpu is stronger and the gpu is stronger for the apu get it?
i would never get a I3 this is stupid the AMD is much better then a I3 but i just got done building my PC and i used a I5 4670K i like my computer and i am surprised i have only used AMD but i didn't have the money to buy the AMD FX 9590 so i choose a Intel 4th gen i5 4670K with a GTX 760 and it does great on my 1920X1080 but i would love to had the money to build a AMD computer maybe next time
Now AMD is a winner so I don't think it has anything to do with them being fans of Intel... it only depends on the amount of votes here. I think that to most of ordinary(not developwers, who need a lot of cores and extreme multitasking) people single and dual core perfomance is much more important than having 4 slower cores separately. Games nor other normal programs(most of them) don't take advantage of using 4 cores a once, also Hyper-threading makes Core i3 not a lot slower in multitasking either, but it really wins in usual single and dual-core tasks. Also of course MUCH lower power consumption(which means you won't need as fast and loud cooler and your energ expenses will be lower than with AMD. MY vote if for Intel If you're a developer and need extreme multitasking all the time I'd go with 6-8cores AMD or Core i7. For more basic tasks and using it at home I'd definitely go with an i3, inexpensive, cool processor which is great in single and dual core perfomance, and decent at quad-core perfomance
Intel biased site. Intel could be a sponsor of the site, as even amongst Intel vs Intel there is a bias toward the newer CPUs even if the last gen has similar or still slightly better performance. It seems CPU Boss focuses only on the single core performance of a CPU to declare a winner. That being the case, I don't see why they bother with other benchmarks since it's not a fair comparison nomatter what CPUs you're comparing.
Low power consumption
Better single core performance, significantly lower running cost?
that i3 model is new 4 generation or latest core model from intel.
The A10 has a stronger CPU and GPU, why did the i3 win?
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