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Intel Core i3 3220
CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i3 3220 based on its overclocking.
See full details | Intel Core i3 3220 vs AMD A6 3620 |
![]() | Much higher clock speed 3.3 GHz | ![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.43 GHz | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.48 GHz |
by Don-Woligroski (Oct, 2012)The Core i3-3220 doesn't benefit from Intel's Turbo Boost technology at all, but instead relies on an architecture able to execute more instructions per cycle than AMD.
![]() | More cores 4 | ![]() | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 70.5 °C |
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
Fire Strike |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
7.4 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Winner |
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Much higher clock speed | 3.3 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | More than 30% higher clock speed | |||
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Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.43 GHz | vs | 2.56 GHz | Around 35% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.48 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz | Around 60% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 70.5 °C | vs | 65.3 °C | Around 10% higher Maximum operating temperature |
summary | Core i3 3220 | vs | A6 3620 |
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Clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.5 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE4a | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
AMD64 | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
AMD-V | |||
3DNow! | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 55W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 13.25 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 48.18 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 2.81 pt/W | 1.93 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 44.69W | 52.81W |
details | Core i3 3220 | vs | A6 3620 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 4 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 4 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 3 MB | 1 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 22 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 65.3°C | Unknown - 70.5°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.43 GHz | 2.56 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.48 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.43 GHz | 2.56 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | GPU | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | Radeon™ HD 6530D | |
GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | 443 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1866 | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3 |
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