AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs Intel Core i3-330M

What is the difference between AMD Athlon II X2 255 and Intel Core i3-330M. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

359Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score297
673Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score670
1148PassMark CPU Mark Rating974
1245PassMark Single Thread Rating812

Processor Specs

AMD Athlon II X2 255ProcessorIntel Core i3-330M
3100 MHzFrequency2130 MHz
2Cores2
2Threads4
65 WTDP35 W
GPUIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
RegorCodenameArrandale
Socket AM3 (938)PackageBGA1288, PGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

355Single-Core Score308
623Multi-Core Score798
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.10Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Acer Aspire X3400GModelSony Corporation VPCEB11FM
Acer Aspire X3400GMotherboardSony Corporation VAIO
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Athlon II X2 255NameIntel Core i3-330M
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 2
3.10 GHzBase Frequency2.13 GHz
Maximum Frequency2128 MHz
PackageSocket 989 rPGA
CodenameArrandale
64.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
64.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
1.00 MB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 2
L3 Cache3.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

3.35 GBSize4.00 GB
Frequency532 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

355Single-Core Score308
61Crypto Score38
394Integer Score324
321Floating Point Score 318
61
106.9 MB/sec
AES-XTS38
65.7 MB/sec
525
2.66 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)375
1.90 MB/sec
465
22.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression383
18.1 Mpixels/sec
454
1.28 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)321
905.0 KTE/sec
209
245.5 KElements/sec
HTML5292
343.2 KElements/sec
458
143.5 Krows/sec
SQLite302
94.5 Krows/sec
407
22.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering346
18.8 Mpixels/sec
288
91.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering285
90.9 KB/sec
500
3.89 Klines/sec
Clang329
2.57 Klines/sec
368
4.26 images/sec
Camera300
3.48 images/sec
268
335.9 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics230
288.0 Kpairs/sec
497
3076.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics367
2274.3 FPS
180
9.89 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur283
15.6 Mpixels/sec
279
2.15 images/sec
Face Detection366
2.82 images/sec
312
7.69 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection354
8.73 Mpixels/sec
576
28.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting494
24.2 Mpixels/sec
695
9.46 Mpixels/sec
HDR558
7.60 Mpixels/sec
456
366.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing371
297.6 Kpixels/sec
292
2.62 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion231
2.07 Kpixels/sec
234
7.49 Words/sec
Speech Recognition272
8.70 Words/sec
143
5.53 images/sec
Machine Learning172
6.66 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

623Multi-Core Score798
80Crypto Score91
632Integer Score851
695Floating Point Score 802
80
140.3 MB/sec
AES-XTS91
158.1 MB/sec
848
4.29 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1114
5.63 MB/sec
680
32.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1021
48.3 Mpixels/sec
654
1.84 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)818
2.31 MTE/sec
303
355.2 KElements/sec
HTML5797
936.2 KElements/sec
879
275.2 Krows/sec
SQLite803
251.7 Krows/sec
620
33.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering902
48.9 Mpixels/sec
488
155.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering728
231.8 KB/sec
860
6.70 Klines/sec
Clang863
6.72 Klines/sec
612
7.10 images/sec
Camera695
8.06 images/sec
451
564.8 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics666
833.4 Kpairs/sec
730
4524.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics997
6176.5 FPS
823
45.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur622
34.2 Mpixels/sec
571
4.40 images/sec
Face Detection889
6.84 images/sec
581
14.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection966
23.8 Mpixels/sec
1278
62.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1120
55.0 Mpixels/sec
1584
21.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR1525
20.8 Mpixels/sec
1115
895.2 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1000
802.9 Kpixels/sec
433
3.87 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion613
5.49 Kpixels/sec
600
19.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition693
22.1 Words/sec
346
13.4 images/sec
Machine Learning343
13.2 images/sec