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AMD E-300 vs Intel Core i3-2330M vs Intel Core i3-2370M

AMD E-300

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The AMD E-300 (codename Zacate) is a low-end dual-core processor designed for the smaller laptops and netbooks. The E-series processor has a relatively fast iGPU and a single channel DDR3-1066 memory controller.

An E-300 has two Bobcat processor cores running at 1.3 GHz, each with the access to 512 KB of Level 2 cache (1 M in total). In comparison to the Atom processors, the Bobcat architecture uses an out-of-order execution and is therefore faster at the same clock speed.

The Radeon HD 6310 iGPU has 80 unified shaders and an UVD3 video processing engine. The iGPU has no trouble outshining the Intel GMA 3150 in the Atom processors, and it does not lag behind the Nvidia ION, either. The Radeon has support for HDMI 1.4a video output.

Performance

The average E-300 in our database is in the same league as the A4-1250, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. Which isn't a great result. This is a fairly slow chip, as of mid 2022; expect to see plenty of slowdowns no matter what it is that you are currently doing.

Power consumption

This APU has a default TDP of 18 W, meaning an active cooling solution is a must.

The AMD E-300 is manufactured on a 32 nm process leading to really, really low, as of 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i3-2330M

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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.

Intel Core i3-2370M

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The Intel Core i3-2370M is a dual core processor for laptops. It is based on the Sandy Bridge architecture and offers Hyper-threading 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 2.4 GHz (max).

Sandy Bridge is the evolutionary successor of the Arrandale architecture. The most noteable improvements are the new 256 Bit AVX instructions, the improved Turbo Boost 2.0 (not enabled for the processor part of the 2370M) and the integration of the graphics card into the 32nm CPU core. 

Der i3-2370M 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 2370M it is clocked from 650-1150MHz (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. It supports up to 16GB DDR3-1333.

Due to the improved architecture, the average performance of the Core i7-2370M is higher than a similar clocked Arrandale Core i3 without Turbo Boost. In synthetic benchmarks, the performance is a bit above the Core i3-390M (2.66 GHz) and therefore adequate for most applications.

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

ModelAMD E-300Intel Core i3-2330MIntel Core i3-2370M
CodenameZacateSandy BridgeSandy Bridge
SeriesAMD E-SeriesIntel Core i3Intel Core i3
Series: Core i3 Sandy Bridge
AMD E2-20001.75 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E2-18001.7 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E-4501.65 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E-3501.6 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E1-15001.48 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E1-12001.4 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E-300 « 1.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD E-2401.5 GHz1 / 1 cores
Intel Core i3-2370M2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2350M2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2348M2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2330M « 2.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2328M2.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2312M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2310M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2308M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2377M1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2375M1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2367M1.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2365M1.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2357M1.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2370M « 2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2350M2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2348M2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2330M2.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2328M2.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2312M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2310M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2308M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2377M1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2375M1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2367M1.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2365M1.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2357M1.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Clock1300 MHz2200 MHz2400 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache1 MB512 KB512 KB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 42 / 4
TDP18 Watt35 Watt35 Watt
Technology32 nm32 nm32 nm
Die Size75 mm2149 mm2149 mm2
SocketFT1 (BGA413)rPGA988B / BGA1023rPGA988B, BGA1023
FeaturesDDR3-1066 RAM (sin. chan.), PCIe 2 [?], MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVMHD Graphics 3000 (650-1100MHz), DDR3-1066/1333 Memory Controller (max 8GB), HyperThreading, AVX, Quick Sync, VirtualizationHD Graphics 3000, DDR3-1066/1333 Memory Controller (max 8GB), HyperThreading, AVX, Quick Sync, Virtualization
iGPUAMD Radeon HD 6310Intel HD Graphics 3000 (650 - 1100 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 3000 (650 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.comark.intel.com
L3 Cache3 MB3 MB
Transistors624 Million624 Million
max. Temp.85 (PGA); 100(BGA) °C85 (PGA), 100 (BGA) °C
$225 U.S.

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 0.46     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (1%)     max: 0.5 Points
min: 2.07     avg: 2.1     median: 2.1 (3%)     max: 2.14 Points
min: 2.04     avg: 2.2     median: 2.3 (3%)     max: 2.31 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 E-300 +
min: 0.24     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (6%)     max: 0.26 Points
380%
1 2370M +
min: 0.88     avg: 0.9     median: 1 (23%)     max: 0.96 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
853 Points (5%)
min: 2869     avg: 2888     median: 2888 (17%)     max: 2904 Points
min: 3087     avg: 3132     median: 3135 (19%)     max: 3165 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
1176 Points (1%)
min: 6263     avg: 6457     median: 6465.5 (5%)     max: 6593 Points
min: 7006     avg: 7059     median: 7064 (5%)     max: 7104 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 1714     avg: 1762     median: 1761.5 (1%)     max: 1809 Points
min: 7745     avg: 7876     median: 7887 (5%)     max: 7944 Points
min: 8337     avg: 8507     median: 8505 (5%)     max: 8681 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 899     avg: 920     median: 920 (1%)     max: 941 Points
min: 3591     avg: 3624     median: 3623.5 (4%)     max: 3654 Points
min: 3787     avg: 3886     median: 3903 (5%)     max: 3951 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
2511 s (30%)
min: 722     avg: 781     median: 789 (9%)     max: 826 s
min: 661     avg: 700     median: 715 (8%)     max: 740 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
79 s (16%)
min: 22     avg: 24.7     median: 25.1 (5%)     max: 26.38 s
min: 20.7     avg: 22     median: 22.5 (5%)     max: 23.38 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 2370M +
min: 2070     avg: 2515     median: 2514.5 (4%)     max: 2959 Points
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 2330M +
0.1 GB/s (3%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 2330M +
0.2 GB/s (3%)
112%
1 2370M +
min: 0.192     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (3%)     max: 0.196 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 2330M +
0.2 GB/s (1%)
112%
1 2370M +
min: 0.22     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (1%)     max: 0.222 GB/s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 836     avg: 839     median: 838.5 (2%)     max: 841 Points
min: 2610     avg: 2629     median: 2627 (6%)     max: 2649 Points
min: 2844     avg: 2878     median: 2869.5 (6%)     max: 2962 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 59     avg: 59.5     median: 59.5 (13%)     max: 60 s
min: 17     avg: 17.6     median: 17.7 (4%)     max: 18 s
min: 16     avg: 16.4     median: 16.4 (4%)     max: 16.52 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 132     avg: 133.5     median: 133.5 (6%)     max: 135 s
min: 40     avg: 40.3     median: 40 (2%)     max: 41 s
min: 37.3     avg: 37.6     median: 37.6 (2%)     max: 38 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 2920     avg: 2941     median: 2940.5 (13%)     max: 2961 s
min: 926     avg: 936     median: 941 (4%)     max: 944 s
min: 859     avg: 865     median: 862 (4%)     max: 871 s
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 2330M +
min: 33000     avg: 35000     median: 35000 (17%)     max: 37000 MIPS
101%
1 2370M +
35330 MIPS (17%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 2330M +
min: 22170     avg: 24085     median: 24085 (18%)     max: 26000 MFLOPS
106%
1 2370M +
25650 MFLOPS (20%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
3.4 Points (44%)
6.5 Points (83%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 1544     avg: 1580     median: 1579.5 (1%)     max: 1615 Points
min: 6879     avg: 7014     median: 7008 (5%)     max: 7165 Points
min: 7353     avg: 7659     median: 7782 (6%)     max: 7854 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 2330M +
min: 2782     avg: 2786     median: 2786 (7%)     max: 2790 Points
104%
1 2370M +
min: 2796     avg: 2898     median: 2898 (7%)     max: 3000 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 2370M +
26098 Points (21%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 2370M +
2218 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 2370M +
3155 Points (6%)

Average Benchmarks AMD E-300 → 100% n=13

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-2330M → 364% n=13

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-2370M → 396% n=13

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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