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Intel Core i5 3330S

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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Reasons to consider the
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More cores 4 vs 2 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature 69.1 °C vs 65.3 °C More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature
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Much higher clock speed 3.4 GHz vs 2.7 GHz More than 25% higher clock speed
Much more l2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core vs 0.25 MB/core 2x more l2 cache per core
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.5 GHz vs 2.91 GHz More than 20% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Lower typical power consumption 44.69W vs 52.81W More than 15% lower typical power consumption
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.5 GHz vs 2.7 GHz Around 30% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
Lower annual home energy cost 13.25 $/year vs 15.66 $/year More than 15% lower annual home energy cost
Lower annual commercial energy cost 48.18 $/year vs 56.94 $/year More than 15% lower annual commercial energy cost

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 3330S vs i3 3240

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3330S
2,376
Core i3 3240
2,269

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3330S
2,644
Core i3 3240
2,664

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3330S
8,056
Core i3 3240
5,507

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3330S
2,719
Core i3 3240
2,516

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3330S
2,180,000 MB/s
Core i3 3240
177,600 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3330S
7,951
Core i3 3240
5,519

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i5 3330S
5,774
Core i3 3240
4,309

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i5 3330S
1,682
Core i3 3240
1,760

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i5 3330S  vs
i3 3240 
Clock speed 2.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Cores Quad core Dual core
Socket type
LGA 1155
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No No
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 65W 55W
Annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year 13.25 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year 48.18 $/year
Performance per watt 10.55 pt/W 2.67 pt/W
Typical power consumption 52.81W 44.69W

bus
Architecture DMI DMI
Number of links 1 1
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Core i5 3330S  vs
i3 3240 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 4
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.5 MB/core
L3 cache 6 MB 3 MB
L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 27 34
Operating temperature Unknown - 69.1°C Unknown - 65.3°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 2.91 GHz 3.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.91 GHz 3.5 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 2500 Intel® HD Graphics 2500
Number of displays supported 3 3
GPU clock speed 650 MHz 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,050 MHz 1,050 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC No No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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