AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE vs Intel Core i3-2330M

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE		Intel Core i3-2330M
CPU comparison AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE or Intel Core i3-2330M - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE was released in Q3/2020. The Intel Core i3-2330M has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-2330M was released in Q2/2011.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Athlon Silver 3000G (1)	CPU group	Intel Core i 2000M (46)
4	Generation	2
Picasso (Zen+)	Architecture	Sandy Bridge H
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is 3.40 GHz while the Intel Core i3-2330M has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-2330M is at 2.20 GHz.
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2330M
2	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz	Frequency	2.20 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2330M
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE or Intel Core i3-2330M has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 3000
1.10 GHz	GPU frequency	0.65 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.10 GHz
8	GPU Generation	6
14 nm	Technology	32 nm
3	Max. displays	2
3	Compute units	12
192	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	10.1

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 3000
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-2330M supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2330M
DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR3-1333
	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	2.0
16	PCIe lanes	16
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is 35 W, while the Intel Core i3-2330M has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2330M
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE is manufactured in 12 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-2330M is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.
AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2330M
12 nm	Technology	32 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	BGA 1023
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020	Release date	Q2/2011
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE (100%)

Intel Core i3-2330M (52%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE (100%)

Intel Core i3-2330M (39%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	831 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	435 (52%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1934 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	958 (50%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.10 GHz	211 (50%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	4634 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1236 (27%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	369 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	766 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	146 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	373 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2330M 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	517 (100%)

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