Intel Core i3 3220 vs AMD A6 3620

older Released September, 2012

Intel Core i3 3220

3.3 GHz
Dual core

Front view of Intel Core i3 3220

7.4 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i3 3220

	Much higher clock speed 3.3 GHz		Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm
	Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.44 GHz		Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.48 GHz

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.

by Don-Woligroski (Oct, 2012)

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older Released December, 2011

AMD A6 3620

2.5 GHz
Quad core

Front view of AMD A6 3620

7.1 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the AMD A6 3620

More cores

4

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

70.5 °C

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i3 3220 6.5 A6 3620 5.7 Core2 Duo E8400 5.2
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i3 3220 6.7 A6 3620 3.9 Core2 Duo E8400 5.0
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i3 3220 5.1 A6 3620 5.9 Core2 Duo E8400 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i3 3220 n.d. A6 3620 6.7 Core2 Duo E8400 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i3 3220 8.0 A6 3620 6.9 Core2 Duo E8400 4.9
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i3 3220 6.4 A6 3620 n.d. Core2 Duo E8400 9.0
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

7.4	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i3 3220 7.4 A6 3620 7.1 Core2 Duo E8400 5.9

Winner
Intel Core i3 3220

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i3 3220 based on its overclocking.

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Intel Core i3 3220

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Much higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

vs

2.5 GHz

More than 30% higher clock speed

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)

3.44 GHz

vs

2.48 GHz

Around 40% 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)

Front view of AMD A6 3620

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AMD A6 3620

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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

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

932

1,670

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

2,654

3,590

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

5,399

4,173

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,501

1,201

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

173,000 MB/s

94,100 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

5,351

3,994

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

4,229

2,825

PassMark (Single Core)

1,764

790

summary	Core i3 3220	vs	A6 3620
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
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	3.44 GHz		2.48 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.48 GHz		2.2 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	3.44 GHz		2.48 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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