Intel 'Wildcat Lake' Core 5 330 spotted on PassMark with similar performance to the Core 5 320

Benchmark results of Intel's recently launched Core 300 "Wildcat Lake" processors are slowly starting to come out. These Core 300 CPUs are aimed at mid-range mobile and edge applications, with Panther Lake targeting the high end. We recently reported on the Core 5 320 being spotted on PassMark, and delivering superior multi-threaded performance to the Apple A18 chip that powers the MacBook Neo.

Now, a new Wildcat Lake result has been listed on PassMark, this time for the Core 5 330. Bear in mind that the Core 5 330 has the same core configuration as its lesser sibling, the Core 5 320. Both CPUs have 6 total cores in a 2P+4LPE setup, with "Cougar Cove" P-Cores and "Darkmont" LPE cores, but no traditional E-cores. These processors can boost up to 4.6 GHz on the P-cores and have 6MB of L3 cache with a 15W TDP. The only notable difference between the two CPUs is that the Core 5 330 supports Intel SIPP, while the other does not.

Since the underlying specs are so similar, the Core 5 330 performs similarly to the Core 5 320, as backed by the PassMark results. It gets a single-thread score of 4215 and a multi-threaded rating of 14947. To put these numbers into context, the Core 5 320 scored 4047 in single-core performance, while its multi-threaded rating is slightly higher at 15222. We can chalk that difference up to the lack of samples for the Core 5 330, as ratings tend to become more accurate as more benchmarks are submitted.

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Even with the slightly lower multi-core score of the Core 5 330, it is nearly 19.5% faster than the MacBook Neo, while the single-core scores are around 3% better. This makes it a very enticing option for mid-range Windows laptops that aim to compete with the $699 MacBook Neo. One can expect these scores to level out once more samples are registered, since it doesn't make much sense for the two Intel CPUs to have different scores if the underlying specs are identical.

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Still, the Core 5 330 offers another option for laptop makers looking for solid single-core and multi-core performance at an affordable price. We should be getting laptops featuring Wildcat Lake processors very soon, as we already saw a reference model from Intel out in the wild. Intel has hinted that models from ASUS, Colorful, Dell, Haier, Hasee, Honor, HP, Infinix, Lenovo, Xiaomi, MSI, Positivo, Samsung, Tecno, Wiko, and Machrevo are coming very soon.