Intel Pentium B940 Vs Core i3-380M Advance Differences

Pentium B940 Vs Core i3-380M

Pentium B940 Vs Core i3-380M benchmark

Intel Pentium B940 Vs Core i3-380M Advance Differences

Intel Pentium B940 Vs Core i3-380M Advance Differences The Pentium B940 belongs the newer Sandy Bridge architecture while the Core i3-380 is an earlier Arrandale processor. The Pentium B940 obviously has some architectural advantage over the Core i3-380M, the most notable is the integrated graphics. However, a lot of things have been deprecated in the Pentium B940 and this, along with its lower clock may not be as good, at least in the processing power as the core i3-380M.

Feature	Intel Pentium B940	Core i3-380M
Max Memory Size	16 GB	8 GB
Intel Clear Video HD Technology	No	Yes
Intel Virtualization Technology Vt-x	No	Yes
Windows 7 Experience Score	5.9	6.8

The most notable difference is the support for the Intel Virtualiztion technology in i3-380M. This is especially important if you plan to have two vitual machines in your notebook ( Linux plus Windows, for example). It will make the switching between the operating systems faster and smoother.