Intel Core i3-3217U vs Intel Pentium 2030M

Intel Core i3-3217U
Intel BGA1023MOBILE
1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i3-3217U
Intel Pentium 2030M
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2013
Intel Pentium 2030M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i3-3217U
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    150%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-3217U
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    121%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i3-3217U
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    178%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3217U

None

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2030M

Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 78% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 50% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Pentium 2030M

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 2030M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Pentium 2030M

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 2030M

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2030M
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x
SSE4.1
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Smart Cache.

Architecture

Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2030M
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportunknownvsDDR3
CodenameIvy BridgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2012vsJan 2013

Cores

Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2030M
Cores2vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4000vsIntel HD

Cache

Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2030M
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2030M
SocketIntel BGA1023vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-BGA12FvsFC-PGA12F
Die Size118mm²vs118mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i3-3217UIntel Pentium 2030M
Cpu Frequency1800 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP17 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-3217U
    1854 points
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    2575 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i3-3217U
    4449 points
  • Intel Pentium 2030M
    5150 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-3217U
    63.5
  • Intel Pentium 2030M (simulated)
    77.17

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i3-3217U
    152
  • Intel Pentium 2030M (simulated)
    271.67

points - higher is better