Intel Core i3-2330M

The Intel Core i3-2330M is a dual core processor for laptops. It is based on the Sandy Bridge architecture and offers Hyperthreading to handle 4 threads at once (for a better usage of the pipeline). Compared to the faster Core i5, the i3 does not offer the Turbo Boost technique for the CPU part and is therefore clocked at 2.2 GHz (max). Compared to the Core i3-2310M, the 2330M offers only 100 MHz more core clock rate.

Sandy Bridge is the evolutionary successor of the Arrandale architecture. The most noteable improvements are the new 256Bit AVX instructions, the improved Turbo Boost 2.0 (not enabled for the processor part of the 2330M) and the integration of the graphics card into the 32nm CPU core.

The i3-2330M offers an integrated graphics card (Intel HD Graphics 3000) which is clearly faster then the older Intel HD Graphics in the Arrandale CPUs. As the new GPU is included in the CPU, it is also manufactured in 32nm and shares the fast level 3 cache with the CPU cores (using a new ring bus). In the 2330M it is clocked from 650-1100MHz (with Turbo Boost). The faster Sandy Bridge CPUs are clocked up to 1300 MHz (like the i5-2520M).

Furthermore, an improved dual-channel DDR3 memory controller is included on the CPU die that is used by the CPU and GPU part.

Due to the improved architecture, the average performance of the Core i3-2330M is higher than a similar clocked Arrandale Core i3 without Turbo Boost. In synthetic benchmarks, the performance is about on par with the faster clocked Core i3-380M (2.5 GHz) and therefore adequate for most applications.

The 35W TDP rating includes the integrated GPU and memory controller.

Series	Intel Core i3
Codename	Sandy Bridge
Clock Rate	2200 MHz
Level 1 Cache	128 KB
Level 2 Cache	512 KB
Level 3 Cache	3072 KB
Number of Cores / Threads	2 / 4
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	35 Watt
Transistor Count	624 Million
Manufacturing Technology	32 nm
Die Size	149 mm2
Max. Temperature	85 (PGA); 100(BGA) °C
Socket	rPGA988B / BGA1023
Features	HD Graphics 3000 (650-1100MHz), DDR3-1066/1333 Memory Controller (max 8GB), HyperThreading, AVX, Quick Sync, Virtualization
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Hardware Virtualization	VT-x
Announcement Date	05/15/2011
Product Link (external)	Intel Core i3 2330M

CPU Benchmarks

3DMark 06 - CPU:

100%

min: 2610 avg: 2628.5 (29.36%) max: 2649 Points

Model	Memory	GPU			Result
B570-M58G4GE	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000	650 / MHz		2610
Inspiron 14R-N4110	6144 MB	HD Graphics 3000	650 / 664MHz	8.15.10.2455	2616
ThinkPad Edge E320 (NWY5XPB)	4096 MB	Radeon HD 6630M		1024MB DDR3, dodatkowo Intel HD Graphics 3000	2616
Samsung Series 3 300E5A-S03	4096 MB	GeForce GT 520MX	900 / 900MHz	1024MB DDR3	2620
300E5A-S01	4096 MB	GeForce GT 520MX	900 / 900MHz	1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83	2622
Inspiron N411z (C0425821)	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000		8.15.10.2372	2632
Akoya P6812 MD98760	4096 MB	GeForce GT 555M	525 / 900MHz	1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 269.24	2634
Pavilion dm4-2110ew (QJ421EA)	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000		8.15.10.2372	2638
Platin TS	4096 MB	HD Graphics 3000		8.15.10.2342	2648
Pro P53E-SO102X	2048 MB	HD Graphics 3000			2649

Cinebench R10 in comparison
Intel Atom Z670 (min)	691
...
Intel Pentium 2020M	6314
Intel Core i3 390M	6405
Intel Core i3 2328M	6433.4
Intel Core i3 2330M	6456.9
AMD Phenom II X4 N930	6503.7
Intel Core i3 3120M	6520
Intel Core i5 2557M	6533.5
...
Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 3960X (max)	27189.5

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